RECAP2025-W0923 FEB TO 2 MAR 2025
Week of 23 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
+22% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
257
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
492
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.
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 Forza Horizon 5, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Monster Hunter Wilds
FILED
44 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (10), Thursday (7), Friday (9), Saturday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Balatro, Atomfall, Split Fiction
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (9), Thursday (4), Friday (5), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Tony Hawk: Shred, Pokémon Champions, Super Soccer
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Thursday (6), Friday (6), Saturday (5), Sunday (3).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fable, Avowed
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (8), Thursday (6), Friday (5).
AC
Andy ChalkPC Gamer
Writing about Assassin's Creed Shadows, The Last Caretaker, The Witcher IV
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 252 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
SB
Stevie Bonifield
The Verge
PC Gamer·2 Mar 2025
Is Monster Hunter Wilds' borked PC performance because of a spelling error in the game's config files? Probably notnewsonMonster Hunter Wilds
KS
Kenneth Shepard & Ethan Gach
Kotaku·27 Feb 2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Shows Off Massive City And Mega EvolutionsnewsonPokémon Legends: Z-A
SA
Selene Aukerman
Screen Rant·26 Feb 2025
Strategist Meta In Marvel Rivals Gets Major Shakeup After The Healer NerfnewsonStrategist
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.