Rock Paper Shotgun Sunday Papers Curates Week's Best Gaming Writing [2026 Update]

As originally reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, the latest installment of the long-running Sunday Papers column delivers another curated selection of the week's most compelling games writing and criticism. The column, a staple of RPS's editorial calendar, serves as a weekly digest pointing readers toward standout longform journalism, essays, and commentary from across the gaming media landscape. This edition arrives during a particularly dense period for the industry, with major reveals and launches—including and a wave of mid-year update announcements like —generating substantial discourse worth aggregating. The Sunday Papers format itself underscores a broader editorial philosophy: that critical analysis and reflective writing remain vital counterweights to the relentless pace of announcement-driven coverage. For readers and industry watchers, the column functions as both a reading list and a barometer of which topics are commanding serious intellectual attention in any given week.