Hard sell

IN 2004, SONY ENTERED THE HANDHELD MARKET WITH A SYSTEM THAT PROMISED HOMECONSOLE QUALITY GAMES ON THE GO AND MULTIMEDIA FUNCTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE IT “THE WALKMAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY”. TWENTY YEARS ON, WE REVISIT THE PSP – A PORTABLE POWERHOUSE WITH A COMPLICATED LEGACY

How Blumhouse Games is aiming to shake up an entire genre, with small budgets and a broad slate

You creep slowly up the ornate steps towards a beautiful treasure chest. The rest of your adventuring party is distracting the guards, leaving you solely responsible for retrieving the ultimate fortun

SPOILER ALERT!

‘I WAS, AND AM STILL, SURPRISED BY EVERY OPPORTUNITY. I’VE BEEN CONTINUOUS AND FEEL AT THE TOP OF MY FORM’

NEARLY 130 YEARS SINCE THE LUMIÈRE BROTHERS INVENTED CINEMA, HERE WE ARE, WITH HOLLYWOOD TRANSFORMING BY THE D AY, STREAMING CHANGING THE GAME, AND AI LOOMING LARGE. WITH THE INDUSTRY MORE EXCITING — BUT MORE UNPREDICTABLE — THAN EVER BEFORE, WE ASK BLOCKBUSTER FILMMAKERS AND INDIE DIRECTORS ALIKE HOW THEY’RE FEELING… AND WHAT’S IN STORE