MindsEye studio Construct a Rocket Boy says it’s “heartbroken” over the buggy expertise many launch gamers have suffered, as PlayStation seems to be issuing refunds to some who’re dissatisfied with the sport.
The Edinburgh-based studio has been scrambling to repair bugs this week, after the web stuffed with movies of its single-player motion sport breaking and distorting in surprising methods.
Construct a Rocket Boy and its writer, IO Interactive, didn’t provide pre-release evaluate code to the press for MindsEye, however on the time of publishing, its Steam consumer opinions are round 60% damaging.
A lot of the criticism from gamers has been levelled on the sport’s efficiency, stability, and AI behaviour.
On Wednesday, there was proof that a number of gamers have been refunded by PlayStation, a uncommon incidence that conjures reminiscences of Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch, which was finally pulled from sale totally.
On Thursday, Construct a Rocket Boy printed a brand new assertion claiming that it had found the supply of most gamers’ points, and {that a} repair could be deployed as quickly as Friday.
“We’re heartbroken that not each participant was in a position to expertise the sport as we meant,” it wrote. “Our precedence is optimizing efficiency and stability so that each participant, throughout each system, can get pleasure from an equally high-quality expertise.
“Our groups have labored tirelessly all through the evening to unravel many of those points, and we have now now recognized that the overwhelming majority of crashes had been attributable to a reminiscence leak. This impacted roughly 1 in 10 of our gamers.”
The studio says it’s developed a hotfix that addresses this concern, alongside others, which it’s working to deploy “as quickly as tomorrow” on PC and on consoles as soon as it passes certification with PlayStation and Xbox.
“We’re totally dedicated to making sure all our gamers have an awesome expertise, and we’ll proceed to offer frequent and clear updates. We’ll do our greatest to reply to all of your feedback and suggestions.”
