From Bedrooms to Billions

A project in London, United Kingdom by Nicola Caulfield & Anthony Caulfield
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Please help us complete our feature film documentary telling the story of the UK Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day .
Backers: 932
Average Pledge Per Backer: £65

Funded: £60,550 of £18,000
Dates: Feb 25th -> Apr 26th (60 days)
Project By: Nicola Caulfield & Anthony Caulfield
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Latest News

Here's a new peek at PlayStation documentary Bedroom to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution

August 2nd - via: gamesradar.com
The full-length documentary film Bedroom to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution is set to release on September 7, 2020. Hailing from critically-acclaimed filmmakers Anthony and Nicola Caulfield, the movie "Offers the world a remarkable never-before-seen look at the iconic origins of Sony PlayStation" just as Sony prepares its UK and US 25th anniversary, which just-so-happens to also be happening next month. (Read More)

The PlayStation Revolution Documentary to Debut in September

July 30th - via: comicbook.com
A long-awaited documentary surrounding the PlayStation, titled The PlayStation Revolution, is set to be released on September 7th. The feature-length documentary, which is part of the From Bedrooms to Billions documentary series, will chronicle the ups and downs of Sony's gaming output since 1994. (Read More)

The PlayStation Revolution Is a Documentry Launching on September 7

July 30th - via: dualshockers.com
The PlayStation Revolution is a documentary movie featuring Hideo Kojima, Mark Cerny, Fumito Ueda, and some other well-known developers who have delivered many PlayStation games over the past years. As a new episode for From Bedrooms to Billions documentary series, The PlayStation Revolution goes over the ups and downs of Sony's gaming division since the year it was founded in 1994. (Read More)

PlayStation Documentary Resurfaces with New Trailer, Finally Arrives in September

July 29th - via: pushsquare.com
From Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution, a documentary all about Sony's impact on the games industry, is very nearly here. We reported on it four years ago, when it was looking for Kickstarter funding, and now the two-hour film is due for digital and physical release on 7th September 2020. It'll cover things such as PlayStation's early steps and how the brand has grown into the juggernaut it is today. (Read More)

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September 22nd - via: dustlayer.com
I really like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and all those other Crowdfunding-Platforms. You can support enthusiastic people with ideas that commercial publishers do not believe in or that have no great return of investment value. Some projects will fail and some will succeed. Luckily, for Retro Gamers, the succeed rate is very high! (Read More)

50 MINS TO GO! - TOTAL £64,591

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all,  we are pleased to say that with the PayPal and the Kickstarter balances added together the total now stands at £64,621.  Therefore as long as there are no last minute surprises (bad ones not good ones, we're always open to good surprises)... (Read More)

URGENT UPDATE - 27 HOURS TO GO!

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone! With just 27 hours to go we have a revised total thanks again to an influx of pledges via both Kickstarter and PayPal over the last few hours. The current total combining BOTH Kickstarter and PayPal pledges now stands at... (Read More)

URGENT CAMPAIGN UPDATE!

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
HI all, please excuse another update so soon after the other. With less than 39 hours to go we have had such an incredible influx of pledges over the last few hours that we felt we should update you all on how close we are to hitting the first... (Read More)

Special Edition & Steve Turner's 'Avalon'

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for your continued support and belief in our project. We can’t wait to be able to share this film with you all. Just to let you know the total currently stands at £55,578 with the combined donations from Kickstarter... (Read More)

Only 4 Days to go with a sneak preview of Mark Healey on 'Little Big Planet'

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, 4 DAYS TO GO now and once again THANK YOU so much for getting us so close to our £60k STRETCH GOAL!  As promised please find attached a clip of MARK HEALEY co-founder of Media Molecule talking about the thinking behind 'LITTLE BIG... (Read More)

EXCLUSIVE JEFF MINTER CLIP + UPDATE ON SPECIAL EDITION

April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, With less than 9 days left on our campaign we will be doing updates every 3-4 days now, however they will ALWAYS contain new film clips, images or even music so they should always be worth taking a look at. Also this project passed the... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal!

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again everyone, Another brilliant week for the film, more interviews, more editing and more archive secured. Thank you to all of you that are spreading the word and bringing so many people into this campaign. Get in on our new stretch goal... (Read More)

WIZBALL, MATTHEW SMITH, ROB HUBBARD & MORE!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, Another week of the campaign has gone by, lots more people have joined us in our quest to make the film on the history of the UK Video Games Industry the very best it can be so THANK YOU! NEW EXCLUSIVE CLIP JON HARE – MAKING OF WIZBALL To... (Read More)

Your help with the NEW POSTER, Plus get your FACE IN THE FILM

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, first off thank you so much to all those new backers that joined our campaign in the last 7 days. Every penny is vital in our quest to reach the dream £100k stretch goal and reward every backer with the MEGA 4.5 HOUR SPECIAL EDITION... (Read More)

Exclusive preview from PETER MOLYNEUX interview plus NEW PERKS.

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone. We thought you would all like to see an exclusive sneak peak (before anyone else) from our recent interview with PETER MOLYNEUX. In this clip Peter talks about how after years of effort, struggle, lack of office toilets and mounting... (Read More)

Mel Croucher - Deus Ex Machina Exclusive Film Clip and Perk

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, just a quick note to say thank you for another fantastic week for us on From Bedrooms to Billions. The campaign smashed through the £30K mark and also we launched the new 4.5 hour SPECIAL EDITION STRETCH GOAL for everyone to benefit... (Read More)

All Backers to get a 4 ½ Hour Special Edition Upgrade of the Film - FOR FREE!

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We hit our target in just 6 days! First off thank you for helping us reach our goal, without you we couldn’t have done it and it’s wonderful to think that over 300 hundred people out there want to see our film From Bedrooms to Billions the... (Read More)

Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish soundtrack PERK UPDATE!

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, please note that the £25 and £50 pledge tiers for the special Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish official film soundtrack DO now also come with a digital copy of the movie. All those that bought them before we made this update WILL... (Read More)

UPDATED PERKS - FILM PLUS SOUNDTRACK BUNDLE

March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, please note we have just created and launched some updated perks that for ease bundle the film and soundtracks together.  In addition we have also launched a kind of 'mega bundle' that allows you with just the single pledge to have all of... (Read More)

Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish signed and numbered soundtrack album

March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We are very proud to announce that you can now pre-order your copy of the soundtrack for the film which will feature all new music from Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish. We have new soundtrack related perks that will only be available during... (Read More)

TARGET REACHED AFTER JUST 6 DAYS!

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to all of you who have contributed to this film, we can't tell you enough what it means to us both that you believe in us and we have smashed our target after only 6 days gone. We are planning another update later today as people will be... (Read More)

New Perks - 'Goldeneye' & 'Geoff Crammond BBC Collection'

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
5 days in and Anthony and I are somewhat stunned by the remarkable support and good wishes we have had for our film. We never quite imagined that our campaign would move so rapidly towards its goal. Every penny you spend will go into making this... (Read More)

UK games industry documentary takes to Kickstarter

February 28th - via: computerandvideogames.com
'From Bedrooms to Billions' aims to tell the "true story of the British games industry" (Read More)

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