The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for being on holiday, but that doesn’t mean we can’t produce a roundup of some links before we depart. For The Guardian, Sarah Thwaites spoke to developers of indie game hits about the freedoms of success and the pressure to repeat it . Bruxner still has game ideas swirling in the back of her head, but she wanted to escape the endless production cycle that has swallowed up many of her peers, regardless of mounting exhaustion or burnout....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for realising that he’s coming. That he’s inevitable. That, in a way, he’s already here. You feel him in the back of your mind. Grinding his teeth. Picking his nose. Raking his nails across the palms of his hands. He hungers, a snarling hunk of robo-man-flesh yearning for the time his clarion call rings out through the space between each of our psyches....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS Sundays are for making and freezing a bunch of sandwiches so I can later toast them at my leisure . Not sure why, just fancied becoming the sort of person with a bountiful hoard of sandwiches. Before I get seriously locked in to some rhythmic bread slapping, here’s some writing I personally found interesting about games (and game related things!) " Frostpunk 2 set off a personal and ideological storm in my head", writes Andrei Pechalin for Eurogamer....

The UN contacted Helldivers 2 studio about giving a talk on “psychological defense against manipulation” “We actually try to get people to recognise the science of what is a totalitarian state,” says Arrowhead CEO Image credit:Arrowhead Game Studios Breaking news, folks: co-op bug basher Helldivers 2 is a satire on authoritarian regimes, and apparently such an effective one that the United Nations even contacted Arrowhead to ask if they’d give a talk about psychological manipulation....

There’s a new Honkai game on the way with characters from Star Rail and Impact 3rd, and it sure does look like a Pokemon clone Just don’t expect much from the trailer Image credit:HoYoVerse I’m not sure how they have time for it, but as part of a livestream held earlier today, HoYoVerse revealed yet another new game. This one isn’t a completely new world, it’s actually another Honkai game, though right now it doesn’t have a name....

There’s a new Sonic Racing game in development Although we know nothing about it I’m a big fan of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed , which pit Sonic and pals against a stable of characters from Sega’s other games, including Total War and Football Manager. I’m less of a fan of Sonic’s other kart racing exploits, but I’m still cautiously interested to learn he’s getting back behind the wheel. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was just announced....

There’s a new trailer for the Yakuza TV show, but I already know how it ends “I always wanted to be Like A Dragon: Yakuza” Image credit:Amazon Prime Video Here’s the new trailer, which starts with a flashback, as kid Kiryu watches a dragon-tattooed Yakuza uppercut some guy in an arena: I almost wanted to put “the Colosseum??”, after “in an arena” just now. But going off the trailer, it really doesn’t look like it’ll hone in on Yakuza’s legendary daftness....

This Ace Attorney collection is about to disappear from Steam, so grab it while you can (and cheap, for the next week) Objection! Image credit:Capcom A collection of five Phoenix Wright games - including some of the greatest visual novels of all time, in my opinion - is about to be discontinued on Steam, making it slightly less convenient to pick up the original Ace Attorney trilogy and its recent prequel games....

This budget Mini ITX tower case is down to £70 at Overclockers UK The Kolink Rocket Complex also has a brilliant name. Image credit:Kolink/Rock Paper Shotgun Here’s a heck of a deal on a high-end Mini ITX case perfect for small form factor systems. This is the Kolink Rocket Complex, a whimsically-named case with a beautiful metal design and a tower-style (rocket-like?) taller-than-wide form factor. It originally retailed for £155, but now you can get it from Overclockers UK for just £70....

This week in PC games: Europa Universalis 5, Football Manager 26 and an army of eggs, Lovecritters and Bigfeet What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Planet 47 Games November is here. The sunny uplands are far behind us. The great gilded procession of Videogaming trundles and cavorts through the deep forest. The bells of the indie jesters are muffled by fog, and the CEOs peer anxiously from their carriages of scarlet and bronze, instructing their guardsmen to beware the union organisers concealed in the undergrowth....

Three former Ubisoft execs found guilty of sexual and psychological harassment All three receive suspended sentences Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Ubisoft Three former higher-ups at Ubisoft have been found guilty of sexually and psychologically harassing the women who worked for them at the company’s Paris studio. A French court handed out suspended sentences to the three executives, as well as fines, the highest of which was €45,000. It’s the final ruling in a sordid trial that has seen the men accused of forcefully trying to kiss female employees, ordering them to do handstands in skirts, and angrily throwing equipment across the office....

Today’s Wordle hints and answer (#1220): How to solve the Monday October 21 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is a tough test of word acumen, but luckily we’re here to provide you with the tips you need....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877] Greetings, pals. Nursing a nice post-Valentine’s Day hangover, I hope? Had I remembered it was Valentine’s Day when I selected the image, I’d possibly have picked something slightly more romantic than a group of potters going about their business. Anyway, now for the best part of the week! No, not the playing of games....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861 Sometimes, the stoic, ruminant gaze and flowing mane of a himalayan tahr goat is just what we need to get us through the week. Sadly, very few of us can pull off such a look. But we can at least aspire to embody its temperament on the inside. Probably best that way - a Dualshock controller doesn’t have the same oomph on a quartet of cloven hooves....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Old Book Illustrations/artist unknown I have an extremely annoying neck and shoulder ache that I can’t get rid of, but on the other hand I found the backing to the right earring in my all-day black studs. On a third hand, I found this after I bought a replacement pair. Less ideal. But at least video games have never let me down....

What can a 34-year-old Sonic level teach us about videogame light? Starstruck Image credit:Sega / Rock Paper Shotgun / Fandom No videogame fantasy setting will ever disquiet me as much as an empty business park at night under blue and yellow floodlights. A business park, or the access road down the side of a corrugated steel warehouse, where the alcoves cast by the LEDs look like a procession of hooded figures beneath the fixed, unblinking blackness of the sky....

What’s better: a ‘put back’ action, or standing atop another player’s head in an FPS? Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Image credit:Pubmasters/Valve Last time, you decided that gliding powers are better than Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Unmaking Arrow . Honestly I’m surprised it was that close (66% vs 33%—don’t sweat the rounding), and I’m proud of your ability to weigh a whole concept against a single-game implementation....

What’s better: A button to unlock all unlocks, or the spell Fireball? Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Tann Last time you decided—by a margin of a mere three votes—that drawing Frog Detective’s magnifying glass is better than drawing Blade Runner’s gun . That might be the closest result yet. Now if only Frog Detective could become a Blade Runner charged with helping attend a big dance party....

What’s on your bookshelf?: The Norwood Suite and Betrayal At Club Low’s Cosmo D read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! “Nic, you selfless paragon. You champion of the people. You prince among men. I can’t believe you put your favourite column on pause for several weeks to let me finish my book!...

Wild Blue is a spiritual Star Fox sequel from one of the SNES game’s original programmers Lylat Wars was already taken Image credit:Chuhai Labs I couldn’t tell you why Nintendo has left Star Fox to rot with the likes of Kid Icarus, while other series like Advance Wars have made a comeback (no shade to Advance Wars fans), but it has. Chuhai Labs are here to save the day with Wild Blue, an upcoming on-rails shooter just revealed yesterday at the Humble Games Showcase....