Former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies first announced Everywhere back in early 2017, and then nailed down its nature with (barely) more clarity in 2022 as a “multi-world game experience that blurs the line between reality and the digital world.” Not exactly a metaverse, we opined at the time, but more of a “grown-up take on Roblox.”
Today, Benzies’ studio Build a Rocket Boy teased the first game to be set in the world of Everywhere, called MindsEye: “A high-octane, AAA, story-driven action-adventure game, set in a world of futuristic corporations, conspiracy theories, and sinister new technologies.”
Note that MindsEye and Everywhere are two distinct products, which is where the Roblox analogy comes in. Everywhere is a platform and hub: A Eurogamer preview describes …