RECAP2025-W079 FEB TO 16 FEB 2025
Week of 9 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
1.2k
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
239
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
406
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
14
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▲ +403%
Avowed
OUT NOW
70
PIECES
39 writers · 13 outlets
JC
TL
IW
TRENDING▲ +2014%
Elden Ring Nightreign
OUT NOW
55
PIECES
37 writers · 12 outlets
AW
IH
KG
TRENDING▲ +71%
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
OUT NOW
41
PIECES
30 writers · 12 outlets
MD
IV
JA
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Monster Hunter Wilds
OUT NOW
28 writers · 13 outlets
▲ +111%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
25 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +72%
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +26%
Marvel Rivals
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
-14%
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
OUT NOW
14 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +250%
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Stellar Blade, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Astro Bot
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (9), Thursday (10), Friday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us, Saros
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (13), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Elden Ring Nightreign, Stellar Blade, Tides of Annihilation
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (12), Thursday (5), Friday (4).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Avowed, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (5).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Grand Theft Auto VI, Elden Ring Nightreign
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (8), Thursday (3), Friday (6), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 234 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
JI
Jennifer Ianni
Screen Rant·15 Feb 2025
The Beast Games Winner Had A Dramatic Journey To $10 Million Prize (I'm So Glad The Right Person Finally Won)newsonThe Beast
JS
Jake Shapiro
Nintendo Life·14 Feb 2025
Wario Land 4 (GBA) - A Boisterous But Impeccably Designed PlatformerreviewonWario Land 4
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.