RECAP2025-W062 FEB TO 9 FEB 2025
Week of 2 Feb 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
1.1k
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
237
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
385
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
11
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▲ +530%
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
OUT NOW
107
PIECES
52 writers · 13 outlets
JF
SM
JW
TRENDING▲ +167%
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
OUT NOW
46
PIECES
32 writers · 13 outlets
NB
WY
LC
TRENDING▲ +137%
Monster Hunter Wilds
OUT NOW
39
PIECES
32 writers · 10 outlets
WF
MP
LD
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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Avowed, Battlefield 6, Another Crab's Treasure
FILED
31 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (7), Thursday (6), Friday (5).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, Blazing Strike, Capcom Fighting Collection
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Payday 3
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (2), Thursday (4), Friday (5), Sunday (1).
KS
Kaan SerinGamesRadar+
Writing about Battlefield 6, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Monster Hunter Wilds
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (5), Thursday (6), Friday (4), Saturday (4), Sunday (4).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Helldivers 2
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 232 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
JM
Jonny Malks
Eurogamer·9 Feb 2025
The making of The Last Express: How Prince of Persia's Jordan Mechner created one of the last great classic adventure gamesfeatureonThe Last Express
RN
Rory Norris
PC Gamer
PC Gamer·8 Feb 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds Arkveld guide: Beat the new flagship terrornewsonMonster Hunter Wilds
HD
Hannah Diffey
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·7 Feb 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows Announces Prequel Ahead of Launch: What You Need to KnownewsonAssassin's Creed Shadows
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.