Interview with the creator of modern PSP games in 2026

Player in the FPS game Locum Tenens shoots an enemy using a plasma rifle

Interviewer: Thanks for coming. How can I refer to you? Deriv’era: Thanks for organizing this. Call me Deriv’era. Interviewer: You created a PSP game in 2025. Why? Why PSP? Deriv’era: My thought process was straightforward – to create something small you need to pick platform that will restrict your crazy ideas to something realistic. I … Read more

Is real PSP better than emulation?

Two PSP laying near - white and black

Short answer – no. But this topic is more complicated than just a short answer. The reason is – hardware PSP is of the last generation of the devices that are relatively easy to emulate. The reason is simplicity of its hardware. GPU of PSP has a fixed function pipeline. Easiest way to explain what … Read more

Should you get a PSP in 2026?

White PSP

PSP is a really nice present for a retro fun. By tracking auctions on Ebay you can get the device for just 50 dollars in good condition for something 20 years old. But how good is PSP itself by modern standards? Well, people from Reddit at r/PSP mention from time to time that PSP became … Read more

Locum Tenens – new PSP game of 2025

Players is looking out of a window of space station. PSP Game Locum Tenens.

2025 will be no more forever very soon. It presented to us with a lot of things – a lot of good stuff, even more bad stuff and some excellence – a new PSP game called Locum Tenens. Developer claims that they spent more than 900 hours making this game and this is particularly important … Read more