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This Gamescom Showcase Did A Lot Of Games Dirty
Sorry to anyone who wasn’t Square Enix or CD Projekt Red
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As Epic goes all in on AI game development, maybe it’ll be the kids who ultimately decide the fate of the games industry | Respec
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Slop is gaining ground. Low-quality content, including AI-generated trash, is advancing on all fronts for attention.
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release
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27 July: ON THE BEACH on Blu-ray Stanley Kramer’s ON THE BEACH (1959) is a haunting post-apocalyptic drama that imagines the final days of humanity after nuclear fallout reaches Australia. Released on Blu-ray, the film boasts a stellar Hollywood cast led by Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins, and is one of classic Hollywood's most deeply affecting films. Presented in High Definition Audio commentary written by by Dr Philip Davey, author of When Hollywood Came To Melbourne, read by actor Douglas Hansell Making On the Beach (1959, 9 mins): rare 8mm footage shot by amateur filmmaker Douglas Brockfield Interview with Donna Anderson (2015, 20 mins): the actress discusses her time working with the cast and crew of On the Beach Original theatrical trailer Stills gallery Includes optional English descriptive subtitles All extras are tbc and other extras are pending **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Christina Brennan and Barry Forshaw and a biography of Stanley Kramer by Jennifer Frost BFI Shop Link 10 August: THE MAHABHARATA on Blu-ray Born from Peter Brook’s groundbreaking international stage production, THE MAHABHARATA transforms an ancient epic about two warring families into a cinematic masterpiece. Originally produced in 1989, this 2-disc Blu-ray set features the newly restored five-hour television mini-series version. Newly restored in 4K and presented in High Definition Interview with Simon Brook (2026): the son of the film’s director calls on his unique position during the making of The Mahabharata to recall the production, the cultural positioning of the film and his father's legacy Brook by Brook (2002, 75 mins): an intimate portrait of director Peter Brook by his son, Simon Brook Pageant of the Sun-god (1934, 9 mins): a gem from the BFI National Archive - a travelogue of the extravagant celebration of The Maharajah of Udaipur Trailers Includes optional English descriptive subtitles Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet including a new essay by Miriam Fernandes of the Why Not Theatre BFI Shop Link 24 August: ROSE OF NEVADA (2025) on Blu-ray & DVD (Dual Format Edition) and MARK JENKIN – THE CORNISH TRILOGY: BAIT, ENYS MEN, ROSE OF NEVADA in a Blu-ray box set Mark Jenkin's ROSE OF NEVADA (2025) stars George MacKay and Callum Turner as two young men who find work on a mysterious Cornish fishing boat. A blend of time travel, ghost story and social realism, all shot in Jenkin's trademark artisanal style, ROSE OF NEVADA is one of the standout British films of 2026. Extras TBC BFI Shop Link Released alongside the feature is MARK JENKIN – THE CORNISH TRILOGY, a three-disc Blu-ray box set containing his 2019 BAFTA winner, BAIT, and 2022's folk horror ENYS MEN, alongside current hit ROSE OF NEVADA. The three films, all shot and set in Cornwall, demonstrate why the director has been acclaimed as one of the most distinctive cinematic talents around. BFI Shop Link 7 September: PRESSURE on Blu-ray Horace Ové’s pioneering debut PRESSURE (1976) explores the tensions facing a young Black British man caught between family, identity and political radicalisation. Showcasing the BFI National Archive’s recent 4K restoration, this is the first time Pressure has been available on Blu-ray in the UK. The disc also features Ové’s 1969 film Baldwin's Nigger. Restored in 4K by the BFI and The Film Foundation and presented in High Definition Baldwin’s Nigger (1969, 46 mins): Ové’s striking portrait of the writer James Baldwin at his sharp-witted best, addressing a group of West Indian students in 1960s London Archive interview with Horace Ové Stills gallery of Horace Ové’s photographic work Includes optional English descriptive subtitles **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film Other extras TBC BFI Shop Link 7 September: DANIEL FARSON’S GUIDE TO BRITAIN: VOLUME 2 on Blu-ray & DVD (Dual Format Edition) DANIEL FARSON’S GUIDE TO BRITAIN VOLUME 2 provides a second collection of innovative, important, eccentric, odd and outstanding work that the intrepid TV reporter created for Associated Rediffusion in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Farson's eclectic talent is reflected in an abundant array of hugely enjoyable, fascinating films on all manner of matters topical to a post-war Britain undergoing complex, seismic social change. The Films - Out of Step: Tune in to Nature’s Radio (1957, 14 mins) - Out of Step: Nudism (1957, 14 mins) - Out of Step: One Man Against the World (1957, 15 mins) - Out of Step: The Seventh Day (1957, 14 mins) - Keeping in Step: Children’s Parties (1958, 14 mins) - Keeping in Step: This England (1958, 14 mins) - This Week: Teenage Girls (1958, 4-minute extract) - People in Trouble: Unmarried Mothers (1958, 14 mins) - People in Trouble: Sex Education (1958, 14 mins) - Success Story: The Craddocks (1959, 13 mins) - Success Story: Lady Lewisham (1959, 14 mins) - Success Story: Harry Edwards (1959, 14 mins) - Pursuit of Happiness: Rags to Glamour (14 mins) - Something to Say: Shirley Bassey (28 mins) - Living For Kicks (1960, 38 mins) Audio commentaries on selected programmes (titles TBC) Includes newly created optional English descriptive subtitles Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on all the programmes included BFI Shop Link 21 September: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE on Blu-ray Ed Wood’s infamous sci-fi oddity PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959) blends aliens, zombies and flying saucers with boundless sincerity. Long celebrated as a cult classic, it remains an endearing monument to outsider filmmaking. Recently remastered by the BFI from a 35mm print held in the National Film Archive, this re-issue comes packaged with Wood's rare feature Bride of the Monster (1955). Restored by the BFI and presented in High Definition Bride of the Monster (1955, 70 mins): arguably Ed Wood’s most ambitious film sees a classic ‘mad scientist’ tale unfold in classic Wood style! Other extras TBC BFI Shop Link These titles will contain a selection of extra features and an illustrated booklet (first pressing only) to provide contextual information. All titles are available to pre-order online today from the BFI and usual home entertainment retailers.
"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
"I’m just really unimpressed with it."
Despite Awards, South Of Midnight Studio Becomes Latest Victim Of Microsoft’s Implosion
Compulsion Games could be on the chopping block, months after Xbox hyped up its award wins
MindsEye’s Dev Breaks Silence On Chaos And Mismanagement
Build a Rocket Boy's ex-lead animator, Chris Wilson, had a lot to say about his time at the company, and the two co-CEOs steering its sinking ship
500+ Billion Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile A First-Person Shooter
During the last 3 months, I spent some of my time and tokens decompiling a popular first-person shooter. The goal was not to reach a simple proof-of-concept state. Instead, we really wanted an accurate, stable and feature-complete recreation of the game. The avid reader of my blog might have noticed that I had previously written two posts that have since been removed. Everyone else might now be wondering which game I am talking about. To both of you I can only say that corporate America was here to ruin our fun.
AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem · Special Issue 5: Grappling With the Generative AI Revolution
This op-ed explores power and narrative dynamics around AI. Drawing on pop-culture references, the professional experiences of the author and examples from 2023’s “Great AI Safety Hype Roadshow,” this piece draws on the literary criticism technique of practical criticism to consider how speeches and announcements from both Silicon Valley executives and research scientists to interrogate the media-friendly nature of p(doom) discourse—which focuses on the existential risks of AI (PauseAI, 2023)—and its likely consequences. The complexities of AI and its numerous social impacts can be difficult for even the most expert analyst to unpack. In spite of this, the potential of “existential threats” has successfully cut through to become a mainstay of mainstream media coverage over the last year. This piece will make the case that this is an effective narrative conceit that has achieved a number of ends that traditional science communication tends to find difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. Firstly, it is easy to understand. Simplification of this nature—that removes jargon and complexity and focuses on a single outcome—is much easier to fit on a TV rolling news ticker or on the cover of a tabloid newspaper than more well-balanced, representative opinions. Secondly, it inherits prior assumptions from well-known dramatic forms. P(doom) plays to stories familiar from Greek tragedy through to Marvel movies, in which lone male heroes battle ineluctable forces. Thirdly, it is imbued with urgency and so becomes difficult to ignore.
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
i am going to solve the cyberpunk discourse forever. part 1: the pigs.
A while back, I replayed Mass Effect; my politics have shifted more towards the left since I last played it about four years prior, and I…
Before you place all the blame on Sony, former Destiny 2 CM says Bungie was 'very close to shutting its doors' before the buyout
"It was an emergency acquisition."
