RECAP2025-W1613 APR TO 20 APR 2025
Week of 13 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
991
-14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
208
across 18 outlets
GAMES COVERED
388
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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▲ +129%
Mario Kart World
OUT NOW
67
PIECES
39 writers · 12 outlets
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TRENDING▲ +82%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
46
PIECES
25 writers · 12 outlets
JP
JY
AK
TRENDING▲ +1580%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
28
PIECES
21 writers · 12 outlets
MW
CL
AK
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Marathon
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +84%
Marvel Rivals
OUT NOW
16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +19%
Star Wars Zero Company
OUT NOW
16 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +6300%
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
OUT NOW
13 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +550%
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
OUT NOW
13 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +73%
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 Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars Zero Company, Avowed
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (1), Saturday (4).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Far Cry 4, Sniper Elite 5, Neon White
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
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Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Tekken 8, The Outer Worlds 2, Diablo IV
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (6), Friday (3).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart World, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom 64
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (2), Sunday (2).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Marathon, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Easter Egg
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (2), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 203 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
ED
Evan D. Mullicane
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·17 Apr 2025
Berserk and Gundam Announce Major Video Game Collabs, Giving Anime Fans the Thing They Want MostnewsonDiablo IV
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Nathan Walters
GamesRadar+·15 Apr 2025
The Witcher 3 performance director can't see AI fully replacing actors, especially not for games wanting to focus on a "strong story" as "It can’t replace that human spark"newsonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.