RECAP2025-W2225 MAY TO 1 JUN 2025
Week of 25 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
985
-5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
196
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
349
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▲ +526%
Elden Ring Nightreign
OUT NOW
152
PIECES
61 writers · 16 outlets
AW
LC
AJ
TRENDING -21%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
35
PIECES
24 writers · 10 outlets
NB
HR
BK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Reveal the Power
OUT NOW
21
PIECES
19 writers · 11 outlets
MW
RV
IV
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
12 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +85%
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
OUT NOW
12 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +860%
Helldivers 2
OUT NOW
11 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +2%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
11 writers · 6 outlets
-53%
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
OUT NOW
10 writers · 6 outlets
-20%
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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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Stellar Blade, Zenless Zone Zero
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (8), Thursday (6), Friday (4), Sunday (5).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Doom: The Dark Ages, Metaphor: ReFantazio
FILED
31 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (7), Thursday (7), Friday (4), Saturday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Soma
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (7), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Star Wars: Battlefront III, Elden Ring Nightreign, MindsEye
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (4), Saturday (1).
AJ
Ali JonesGamesRadar+
Writing about Elden Ring Nightreign, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (9), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (7), Thursday (4), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 191 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
AC
Alice Clarke
PC Gamer·1 Jun 2025
'The soundtrack to skate parks was punk rock music': Tony Hawk on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtracks, and how they shaped a generation of videogame skate kidsnewsonTony Hawk's Pro Skater
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Andrej Barovic
Destructoid
Destructoid·29 May 2025
Xbox packs Game Pass with 50 retro classics—these are the ones you should try firstnews
AM
Aidan Moher
Kotaku
GamesRadar+·27 May 2025
It's been 32 years since The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening launched, but the Switch remake makes it feel like yesterdaynewsonThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.