RECAP2025-W1430 MAR TO 6 APR 2025
Week of 30 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
1.5k
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
276
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
407
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▲ +10300%
Mario Kart World
OUT NOW
86
PIECES
52 writers · 12 outlets
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RV
JN
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Duskbloods
31 DEC 2026 · UPCOMING
39
PIECES
33 writers · 12 outlets
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DB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Donkey Kong Bananza
OUT NOW
35
PIECES
31 writers · 9 outlets
OR
WY
JN
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Commandos: Origins
FILED
54 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (11), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (12), Thursday (10), Friday (7), Saturday (4).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart World, Sonic X Shadow Generations, F-Zero X
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (2), Thursday (7), Friday (5), Saturday (10), Sunday (3).
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Victoria Phillips Kennedy
Writing about Mario Kart World, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Inzoi
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (10), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (7), Thursday (6), Friday (6).
DB
Dustin BaileyGamesRadar+
Writing about Mario Kart World, The Duskbloods, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (10), Thursday (6), Friday (3).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (14), Thursday (6), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 271 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
PS
Poly Staff
Polygon·3 Apr 2025
Hands on with Switch 2’s Joy-Con mouse, which is only kind of like using a mousepreview
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Zhiqing Wan
Destructoid·2 Apr 2025
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment announced for Nintendo Switch 2newsonHyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
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Lex Briscuso
IGN·2 Apr 2025
James Bond Origin Story Game Project 007 Officially Coming to Nintendo Switch 2newson007 First Light
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Dominic Preston
The Verge
The Verge·2 Apr 2025
Kirby Air Riders is a Switch 2 racing game from Masahiro SakurainewsonKirby Air Riders
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.