RECAP2025-W194 MAY TO 11 MAY 2025
Week of 4 May 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
-3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
195
across 18 outlets
GAMES COVERED
418
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.
TRENDING▲ +280%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
97
PIECES
57 writers · 16 outlets
SB
EM
BK
TRENDING▲ +29%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
54
PIECES
30 writers · 13 outlets
NB
HR
SD
TRENDING▲ +267%
Doom: The Dark Ages
OUT NOW
28
PIECES
22 writers · 14 outlets
FG
BK
SB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
OUT NOW
20 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +515%
Mafia: The Old Country
OUT NOW
20 writers · 13 outlets
▲ +900%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
19 writers · 8 outlets
-46%
Gears of War: Reloaded
OUT NOW
14 writers · 9 outlets
Destiny 2
OUT NOW
14 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +1767%
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 Grand Theft Auto VI, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei
FILED
47 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (10), Thursday (11), Friday (7), Saturday (1), Sunday (5).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Gears of War: Reloaded, Forza Horizon 5, Doom: The Dark Ages
FILED
35 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (9), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (6), Saturday (2).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario Kart World, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Thursday (9), Friday (4).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Grand Theft Auto VI, Gears of War: Reloaded, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (6), Friday (5), Saturday (1).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O., Guilty Gear: Strive, Mario Kart World
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (2), Thursday (6), Friday (5), Saturday (2), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 190 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
AM
Austin Manchester
Polygon
Polygon·9 May 2025
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is getting the first half of Daima in its next DLCnewsonDragon Ball Z: Kakarot
JS
Jazz Stewart
Polygon·9 May 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s first patch nerfs MaellenewsonClair Obscur: Expedition 33
MG
Marc Griffin
Polygon·9 May 2025
Sega’s Virtua Fighter 6 set for VF Direct presentation at Evo JapannewsonVirtua Fighter Crossroads
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.