RECAP2025-W0419 JAN TO 26 JAN 2025
Week of 19 Jan 2025The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
1k
-8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
224
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
441
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDING▲ +491%
Doom: The Dark Ages
OUT NOW
44
PIECES
34 writers · 14 outlets
FG
SC
ZZ
TRENDING▲ +88%
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
OUT NOW
25
PIECES
23 writers · 10 outlets
AS
JM
SM
TRENDING▲ +151%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
23
PIECES
22 writers · 10 outlets
MW
LC
TP
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Assassin's Creed Shadows
OUT NOW
19 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +73%
Marvel Rivals
OUT NOW
18 writers · 10 outlets
-27%
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
OUT NOW
16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +205%
Ninja Gaiden 4
OUT NOW
16 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +6300%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
OUT NOW
15 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +33%
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Avowed, Lunar New Year
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Thursday (8), Friday (6), Saturday (3).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Star Wars: Episode I - Jedi Power Battles, Doom: The Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (6), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Starfield, Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (8), Thursday (2), Friday (3), Sunday (4).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Shadows, MediEvil II, Grand Theft Auto VI
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (6), Thursday (10).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about South of Midnight, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Doom: The Dark Ages
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (8), Thursday (7).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 219 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
JC
Joe Chivers
PC Gamer
GamesRadar+·22 Jan 2025
Rockstar, please: I need GTA 6's map to have more of San Andreas' backwater blissnewscomparingGrand Theft Auto VI
TF
Tomas Franzese
GameSpot
GameSpot·22 Jan 2025
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Had Far Fewer Players Than EA ExpectednewsonDragon Age: The Veilguard
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.