RECAP2025-W156 APR TO 13 APR 2025
Week of 6 Apr 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
-24% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
238
across 18 outlets
GAMES COVERED
421
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about South of Midnight, The Outer Worlds 2, Blue Prince
FILED
53 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (10), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (10), Thursday (13), Friday (7), Saturday (3).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Zenless Zone Zero, War of the Monsters, Street Fighter 6
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (3), Thursday (7), Friday (6), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Marathon, Diablo IV, Hogwarts Legacy
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (9), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
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Eddie MakuchGameSpot
Writing about Mario Kart World, Marathon, Palworld
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (2).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Super Thunder Blade
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (4), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 233 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
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Ro Moore
IGN·9 Apr 2025
The 15 Best Shonen Anime Series of All TimerounduponFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood+ 4 more
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Christina-Gayton
Polygon·9 Apr 2025
5 games about taxes to procrastinate filing your actual taxesrounduponBaba Files Taxes+ 3 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.