RECAP2025-W102 MAR TO 9 MAR 2025
Week of 2 Mar 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
-15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
227
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
374
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
13
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▲ +69%
Monster Hunter Wilds
OUT NOW
128
PIECES
62 writers · 15 outlets
JF
CM
EN
TRENDING▲ +409%
Split Fiction
OUT NOW
35
PIECES
28 writers · 14 outlets
FG
CF
ZZ
TRENDING▲ +95%
Assassin's Creed Shadows
OUT NOW
28
PIECES
20 writers · 9 outlets
RR
CL
BV
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Marvel Rivals
OUT NOW
15 writers · 9 outlets
-33%
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
OUT NOW
13 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +767%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
12 writers · 9 outlets
-28%
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
OUT NOW
12 writers · 6 outlets
-24%
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
OUT NOW
11 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +267%
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 Split Fiction, Mullet Madjack, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
FILED
37 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (8), Thursday (10), Friday (5), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Monster Hunter Wilds, Helldivers 2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles 2
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (7), Thursday (7), Friday (3), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Astro Bot, Battlefield 2042
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (10), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (3).
KA
Khayl AdamPush Square
Writing about Monster Hunter Wilds, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (4).
KS
Kaan SerinGamesRadar+
Writing about Balatro, Assassin's Creed Shadows, EndGame
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Saturday (4), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 222 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
NZ
Nicole Zamlout
Screen Rant·8 Mar 2025
I'm Not Ready For Haymitch's Hunger Games Prequel To Break One Series Trend After 17 Yearsnews
DS
Dod Seitz
Screen Rant·8 Mar 2025
Fallout: New Vegas Has a Prequel You Never Heard Of, And It Deserves Way More AttentionnewsonFallout: New Vegas
KM
Kayla Martin
Screen Rant·7 Mar 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds Has Broken Another Record, Dominating PS5 MarketnewsonMonster Hunter Wilds
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.