Papers, Please Developer Has Worries About AI

Yet another feather in AI's crown of thorns.

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Robert Scarpinito
April 10, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

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Lucas Pope, who also made Return of the Obra Dinn, said on a podcast this week that he wants to keep his cards close to his chest for fear of generative AI. He worries about malicious people who might use AI to steal his ideas for themselves, which is a valid and fair concern.

Considering the caliber of his work, whatever game ideas he has could lead to another indie gem, so it makes sense that he’d want to be careful about sharing ideas too early. Of course, it’s also worth noting that there’s a part of him that wants to stop here and “go out on a high note,” so to speak.

Developer and publisher XLGAMES will take The Cube, Save Us offline in May. This extraction-shooter MMO hasn’t exactly had favorable reviews on Steam, and its player count according to SteamDB is only a fraction of what it was on launch. This isn’t as high profile as Highguard or Concord, but it is another sign of just how difficult the live-service space is right now. Attention is in low supply and high demand.

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For all you Eternal Sonata fans (yes, I see you in the back), there’s a new musically oriented turn-based RPG out there. People of Note released this week, and it’s an homage to old-school JRPGs with a battle system that revolves around Stanzas and Measures.

It’s yet another big, free update from Hello Games. This time, No Man’s Sky is striking while the iron’s hot—in the wake of the disappointment with Pokemon Champions, this update features a totally-not-Pokemon style battle arena.

The game will still launch on May 27 for other platforms, but it’s too bad that the Switch 2 won’t get this game at the same time. IO didn’t give a reason, but this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a big AAA game delay on the Switch 2 specifically (like Borderlands 4).