Writers indexed
30
Entries
2
Articles
35
Reviews
1
Outlets
15
2 ENTRIES
Every game in the series
WRITER INDEX
Covering The Spike
Each writer's count reflects their lifetime indexed pieces on any The Spike entry.
LATEST COVERAGE
Across the series
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Liam Doolan Nintendo Life·24 Sept
Metroid Ravenous Announcement Sees Demand For Physical Copies Of Metroid Dread SpikenewsComparisononMetroid Ravenous
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Tom Phillips IGN·28 Aug
Grand Theft Auto 6: Extended Look Sparks Netflix Viewership Spike, as Streamer Experiences Momentary WobblenewsComparisononGrand Theft Auto
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Tom Phillips IGN·30 Jul
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Sparks Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Player Count Spike, Gives Ubisoft 'Great Ammunition' for a RemakenewsComparisononThe Odyssey
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Scott Duwe Destructoid·10 Jul
Palworld pops off with massive spike in player count following gargantuan 1.0 updatenewsComparisononPalworld
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Anthony McGlynn GamesRadar+·10 Jul
Palworld 1.0 sees the survival game's biggest Steam player spike since its record-breaking early access launch and 96% positive reviews: "Better than even Pokemon"newsComparisononPalworld
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Patricia Hernandez Polygon·25 Jun
Most of Destiny 2 team laid off despite massive player count spikenewsComparisononDestiny 2
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Robert Ramsey Push Square·15 Jun
Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth Sales Seemingly Spike After Revelation RevealnewsComparisononFinal Fantasy VII Revelation
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Harvey Randall PC Gamer·14 Jun
Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies vet tells me the theme park 'assembly line' MMO just isn't viable anymore, especially as dev costs spike: 'We hit the wall'newsComparisononUltima Online
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Fran Ruiz Eurogamer·28 May
Fortnite's return to the Apple App Store and iOS has caused an eight-year record surge in downloads, with a spike in daily activity, toonewsComparisononFortnite
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Ollie Reynolds Nintendo Life·21 May
Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Sales Continue To Spike Ahead Of Price IncreasenewsMentiononTomodachi Life: Living the Dream+ 1 more
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Scott McCrae GamesRadar+·30 Apr
After Slay the Spire 2 update led to negative Steam review spike, Mewgenics lead jokes releasing balance patches for popular games is "the scariest thing a human can experience"newsComparisononSlay the Spire II
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Wes Fenlon PC Gamer·28 Apr
There are dozens of us! The best third-person shooter of all time sees HUGE* player spike on Steam after Capcom's PragmatanewsComparisononPragmata
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Ted Litchfield PC Gamer·26 Apr
Trump shooting suspect's Steam game sees review bomb, spike in activitynewsonThe Spike
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Rory Norris PC Gamer·17 Apr
I've found a Dark Messiah-inspired action sandbox where you can make banana spike traps and possess enemies to walk off cliffs, and I need it nownewsComparisononDark
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Connor Makar Eurogamer·15 Apr
PlayStation 5 sees massive sales spike in the US, beating 2026 records so far as eager consumers rush to beat RAM crisis price hikesnewsComparisononRush
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Austin Wood GamesRadar+·2 Apr
Slay the Spire 2 devs were caught off guard by 13,000 negative Steam review spike: "It was much more extreme than any previous types of negative feedback"newsComparisononSlay the Spire II
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Julian Benson Rock Paper Shotgun·7 Mar
'The teenagers have it coming' I tell myself as I set another spike trap in this Greek myth-infused tower defense gamefeatureComparisononThe Spike
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Ethan Gach Kotaku·26 Feb
Nvidia Promises ‘Very Tight’ Graphics Card Supply Won’t Improve Any Time Soon As Prices SpikenewsComparisononThe Spike
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Ollie Reynolds Nintendo Life·23 Dec 2025
"It Was Hell" - Spike Chunsoft Devs Discuss 'No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES'featureComparisononNo Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI - The Somnium Files
