RECAP2025-W231 JUN TO 8 JUN 2025
Week of 1 Jun 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
2k
+104% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
267
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
637
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
14
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▲ +800%
The Witcher IV
31 DEC 2028 · UPCOMING
55
PIECES
45 writers · 17 outlets
AK
AJ
AW
TRENDING▲ +310%
Mario Kart World
OUT NOW
78
PIECES
42 writers · 11 outlets
EM
SM
CL
TRENDING▲ +93%
Elden Ring Nightreign
OUT NOW
76
PIECES
40 writers · 12 outlets
EG
GY
EV
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
007 First Light
OUT NOW
35 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +13900%
Hollow Knight: Silksong
OUT NOW
24 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +4700%
Resident Evil Requiem
OUT NOW
20 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +3900%
The Outer Worlds 2
OUT NOW
19 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +1800%
Stranger Than Heaven
15 JAN 2027 · UPCOMING
19 writers · 10 outlets
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 Alters, FBC: Firebreak, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
FILED
70 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (9), Thursday (10), Friday (10), Saturday (6), Sunday (24).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Street Fighter 6, 007 First Light, Stellar Blade
FILED
64 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (13), Thursday (11), Friday (10), Saturday (10), Sunday (11).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Astro Bot, ARC Raiders, 007 First Light
FILED
44 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (9), Thursday (3), Friday (13), Sunday (9).
WL
Wesley LeblancGame Informer
Writing about 007 First Light, Elden Ring Nightreign, Gears of War: E-Day
FILED
38 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (2), Friday (13), Saturday (5), Sunday (10).
AJ
Ali JonesGamesRadar+
Writing about The Witcher IV, Hollow Knight: Silksong, 007 First Light
FILED
38 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (3), Friday (6), Saturday (13), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 262 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
CK
Charlotte Krol
PC Gamer·8 Jun 2025
'It’s a bit of an existential priority for us to stand out': ex-Ubisoft and Bethesda devs on new studio Soft Rains, longevity, and debut sci-fi game Ambrosia SkynewsonAmbrosia Sky: Act One
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Danielle Rose
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·7 Jun 2025
The complete Resident Evil Requiem guide for making it back to Raccoon CityTG
Trudie Graham
GamesRadar+·7 Jun 2025
Stranger Than Heaven: Everything we know about the new Project Century gamenewsonStranger Than Heaven
SF
Shawn Farner
Screen Rant·7 Jun 2025
Nintendo Switch 2 Review: It's A Super Switch (And That's Really All It Needed To Be)review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.