RECAP2025-W1323 MAR TO 30 MAR 2025
Week of 23 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
1.3k
+5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
254
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
476
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +52%
Assassin's Creed Shadows
OUT NOW
90
PIECES
52 writers · 14 outlets
OT
IV
RR
TRENDING -54%
Monster Hunter Wilds
OUT NOW
31
PIECES
23 writers · 10 outlets
SS
SG
RR
TRENDING▲ +197%
Inzoi
OUT NOW
29
PIECES
23 writers · 8 outlets
PO
LM
MT
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
22 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +175%
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
OUT NOW
20 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +95%
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
OUT NOW
19 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +485%
Atomfall
OUT NOW
17 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +134%
Hollow Knight: Silksong
OUT NOW
17 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +467%
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, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Assassin's Creed Shadows
FILED
37 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (8), Friday (9), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Forza Horizon 5, Monster Hunter Rise, No Man's Sky
FILED
36 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (10), Friday (7), Saturday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Shadows, Tekken 8, Monster Hunter Wilds
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Atomfall, Grand Theft Auto VI, Big Helmet Heroes
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Rhythm Heaven Groove, Arcade Archives: Senkyu
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (8), Friday (5).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 249 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
DD
Dion Dassanayake
Rock Paper Shotgun
Eurogamer·27 Mar 2025
Nintendo Direct March 2025: everything announced
AN
Adam Newell
Destructoid·27 Mar 2025
Gossifleur makes its Pokémon Go debut in April's Spring into Spring eventnewsonPokémon Go
BK
Brennan Klein
Screen Rant·27 Mar 2025
New Hunger Games Prequel Book About Haymitch Has Sold Triple The Copies Of MockingjaynewsonHunger
FR
Fariba Rezwan
Screen Rant·26 Mar 2025
Hunger Games Star Josh Hutcherson Addresses Potential Peeta Return Following Sunrise On The Reaping's Book ReleasenewsonHunger
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.