RECAP2025-W248 JUN TO 15 JUN 2025
Week of 8 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
1.2k
-40% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
249
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
433
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +103%
Mario Kart World
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59
PIECES
38 writers · 11 outlets
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TRENDING▲ +500%
Resident Evil Requiem
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28
PIECES
33 writers · 10 outlets
EG
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TRENDING▲ +376%
MindsEye
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35
PIECES
25 writers · 12 outlets
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ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Dune: Awakening
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24 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +317%
Elden Ring Nightreign
OUT NOW
22 writers · 9 outlets
-24%
Ninja Gaiden 4
OUT NOW
20 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +471%
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
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16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +700%
Silent Hill f
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15 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +300%
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 Gears of War: Reloaded, The Outer Worlds 2, Ghost of Tsushima
FILED
35 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (11), Wednesday (1), Thursday (7), Friday (10), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about MindsEye, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
FILED
31 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (8), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
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Vikki BlakeEurogamer
Writing about Dune: Awakening, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Stellar Blade
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (2), Saturday (4), Sunday (4).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Gears of War: Reloaded, Fable, MindsEye
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (6), Thursday (3), Friday (6), Saturday (2).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart World, The Way, Disney Dreamlight Valley
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (3), Saturday (5), Sunday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 244 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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Barry Levitt
IGN
GamesRadar+·14 Jun 2025
Fresh from the Xbox Showcase, There Are No Ghosts At The Grand is the supernatural powerwashing musical I didn't know I needednewsonThere Are No Ghosts at the Grand
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.