RECAP2025-W1720 APR TO 27 APR 2025
Week of 20 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
997
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
220
across 18 outlets
GAMES COVERED
382
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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▲ +1100%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
190
PIECES
78 writers · 15 outlets
AK
WY
JG
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
78
PIECES
48 writers · 16 outlets
SM
BK
LD
TRENDING 0%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
20
PIECES
16 writers · 7 outlets
AB
EM
AK
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 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Phasmophobia
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (7), Friday (8), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, South of Midnight
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Fast Fusion, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, F-Zero 99
FILED
19 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
VP
Victoria Phillips Kennedy
Writing about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Days Gone Remastered, Frostpunk: 1886
FILED
18 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (5), Thursday (7), Friday (4).
BK
Brandon Key
Writing about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Doom: The Dark Ages
FILED
18 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (4), Friday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 215 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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Carlyle Edmundson
Screen Rant·24 Apr 2025
Want a Vaporeon In Real-Life? Pokémon Is Seriously Releasing a Set of Life-Size Eevee Evolutionsnews
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Sab Astley
IGN
IGN·23 Apr 2025
Oblivion Shows Remakes Could Be Key to Bethesda Getting Back on TracknewsonThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.