Build A Rocket Boy (BARB), the studio behind last year’s spectacular catastrophe MindsEye, has apparently gone through yet another round of layoffs, this time cutting senior and other staff. This comes in the wake of the game’s ill-fated Hitman collaboration DLC, which was apparently released anyway but without Agent 47’s shiny head and barcode.
The DLC, now called Blacklisted, was very obviously meant to be something straight out of the Hitman franchise. It is essentially a standalone mission where, instead of 47, you control Julia Black (should’ve called her Jane Mindseye), who is on a business visit to Redrock City and aiming to take out two crucial targets. The way the opening sequence plays out and how your target is presented and described by what was almost certainly supposed to be 47’s main handler, Diana Burnwood, clearly shows that this was, at some point, a crossover between MindsEye and Hitman.
IO Interactive confirmed as much when it announced that the partnership between it and BARB had come to an end a couple of months ago. The crossover mission was intended to launch in June, but it seems to have been released early and with changes that removed any real semblance of Hitman, even though the structure and the directing remained largely the same.
In the wake of the DLC failing to captivate a broader audience and, in fact, causing probably even a bigger memefest, BARB has apparently laid off senior staff and other developers, which was confirmed primarily through LinkedIn posts. Senior game designer James Tyler said that he was affected by “latest redundancies,” alongside an undisclosed number of other staffers, as per a report from Kotaku.
This is yet another round of layoffs done by Build A Rocket Boy, following a very tumultuous year. The studio’s chief executive, however, previously noted that BARB was sabotaged by external actors and that the game wasn’t bad because of, well, being bad, but was instead under fire due to “internal and external sabotage, ‘among other things.'” When I covered the whole ordeal last summer, I noted that MindsEye was merely an overmarketed and overambitious game that simply failed to reach its goals. Exporting the blame onto others, oftentimes unnamed individuals and organizations, just causes the team to overlook those mistakes and issues that led them to create and release such a flawed game, instead of it being a learning experience that’d prevent other projects from meeting the same fate.
But I guess that’s just how the cookie crumbles over at BARB. Let’s hope their future projects, if any, do happen to emerge, aren’t so ill-destined.
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Gamble with your Friends has plenty of challenges to complete if you’re looking to make extra money at the casino. You can get them from the loanshark; they are random in nature.
This guide will help you complete all of them without any hassle so that you can get rich quickly.
Table of contents
How to complete all challenges in Gamble with your Friends
The current build of the game offers 21 different challenges to undertake, and the following table has all the necessary information you’ll need to complete them.
| Challenge | Requirement | How to Complete | Rewards (Tickets) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All on Red | Bet at least $300 on Roulette and profit | This is a pretty simple task, as you need to bet a 50/50 chance on games that have binary outcomes. So for Roulette, you can bet it on Red or Black. | Four |
| Big Spender | Bet a total of $3,000 across all games | Simple task where you simply have to bet a certain amount of money. | Five |
| Risky Move | Win on Blackjack with a hand value less than 15 | Try to fake when you have less than 15 in total by choosing to stand. If the dealer busts, the challenge will be complete. | Five |
| High Roller | Place a single bet of $750 or move | You need to place a single bet on any game that’s $750 or more | Six |
| Yarll!!! | Bet on Yarl and win on Duck Race. | Bet on Yarl and hope it finishes first. | Six |
| Lucky Roll | Get 7 or 11 on your first roll on Street Craps | Roll the dice and hope to get lucky. | Six |
| Lucky Streak | Win 3 games in a row | Just win any three games without a loss in the middle. | Six |
| Jackpot Hunter | Win with 10x on the Slot Machine | To complete the challenge, you’ll need the following combination. Eye: 0.5x Ankh: 1.5x Beetle: 2.5x Lotus Flower: 3.5x Unfortunately, the process will be reliant on luck. | Eight |
| No Bust Run | Win 4 games in a row on Blackjack | Only stand when you have 16 or above. | Eight |
| Spot On | Bet a total of $1 billion on Keno | You’ll need to earn a lot of cash before you get to complete this challenge. | Eight |
| Roll The Odds | Profit a total of $2 billion on Hi Lo | To do this, you’ll need to have a lot of capital and bet big. Then, you’ll need to ensure that you don’t lose the money. | Nine |
| Winner Winner Penguin Dinner | Win at least 3x two times in a row on Penguin Cross | Don’t fall on the ice and continue until you reach 3x | Ten |
| Spin Streak | Win 3 games in a row with at least $100 million on Money Wheel | You’ve to win three in a row. You should bet on green, as it has higher odds. | Ten |
| Natural Roller | Win Street Craps on Point Phase | Win a game of Street Craps. Relies on luck. | Ten |
| Clean Fall | Win 24x on Pinko | Bet the least across multiple amounts so that the ball can match your predictions. | Eleven |
| Traffic Monster | Win at least 4x on Penguin Cross | Go with smaller bets to complete the challenge quicker. | Twelve |
| Keep it Spinning | Spend a total of $6.5 billion on Wheel of Fortune | Can be completed naturally by earning and spending the money on Wheel of Fortune. | Twelve |
| No Safe Rolls | Win 20x on Dice | Place a minimum bet so that you can reach the 20x value quicker. | Twelve |
| Step Into Fire | Lose 4 times in a row with at least $650 million on Dragon Tower | You’ve to simply lose on Dragon Tower. | Fourteen |
| Perfect Sweep | Win at least 20x on Mine Sweeper | Can be completed normally by playing Mine Sweeper. You’ve to uncover at least 19 tiles, assuming there are two mines. | Fourteen |
| Poker Face | Don’t lock cards and win with a hand equal to or better than Two Of A Kind on 1P Poker | Win a hand but don’t touch the cards. | Fourteen |
How to change challenges in Gamble with your Friends
It could happen that an ongoing challenge might be unsuitable for you. You can change challenges with the help of tickets. You’ll need to spend your tickets to draw a fresh challenge. Once done, a new challenge will be available. All these challenges mentioned above not only reward you with tickets, but you also get to complete several achievements that are tied to them.
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