RECAP2025-W2118 MAY TO 25 MAY 2025
Week of 18 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
1k
-7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
213
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
483
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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 -31%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
33
PIECES
25 writers · 9 outlets
NB
AW
EG
TRENDING▲ +250%
Mario Kart World
OUT NOW
29
PIECES
21 writers · 9 outlets
OR
JN
WL
TRENDING▲ +1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
25
PIECES
20 writers · 8 outlets
JW
FG
WF
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Doom: The Dark Ages
OUT NOW
16 writers · 11 outlets
-9%
Helldivers 2
OUT NOW
16 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +129%
Borderlands 4
OUT NOW
15 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +20%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
15 writers · 8 outlets
-62%
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
OUT NOW
14 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +600%
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, RoboCop: Rogue City, Avowed
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (5), Thursday (10), Friday (5), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Creatures of Ava
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (4), Friday (5), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Stellar Blade, Doom: The Dark Ages, Helldivers 2
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (4), Thursday (6), Friday (3), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart World, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Returnal
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (7), Friday (5), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Monster Hunter Wilds, Street Fighter 6, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (3), Thursday (7), Friday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 208 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
SU
Sophie Ulanoff
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·21 May 2025
CD Projekt recruited a Game of Thrones actor to save The Witcher 3 from an embarrassing countdown to nothingnewsonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
NG
Nolan Good
Game Informer·21 May 2025
The Continuing Legacy Of Final Fantasy XIfeatureonFinal Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.