RECAP2025-W3127 JUL TO 3 AUG 2025
Week of 27 Jul 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
1.3k
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
246
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
536
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
12
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▲ +397%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
73
PIECES
46 writers · 13 outlets
LC
MP
KG
TRENDING▲ +600%
Grounded 2
OUT NOW
31
PIECES
21 writers · 9 outlets
RN
WS
BK
TRENDING▲ +77%
Elden Ring Nightreign
OUT NOW
27
PIECES
19 writers · 11 outlets
EG
LC
MM
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
19 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +100%
Mario Kart World
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +79%
Donkey Kong Bananza
OUT NOW
16 writers · 7 outlets
-34%
Tales of the Shire
OUT NOW
16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +700%
Hollow Knight: Silksong
OUT NOW
15 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +1100%
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.
EG
Ethan GachKotaku
Writing about Mario Kart World, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
FILED
41 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (25), Friday (5).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Light of Motiram
FILED
37 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (3), Friday (8), Saturday (7), Sunday (6).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about 502's Arcade, Against the Storm, Amarantus
FILED
31 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (23), Friday (2).
ZZ
Zack ZwiezenKotaku
Writing about Astro Bot, Game of the Year, Grand Theft Auto Online
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (1), Thursday (23).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Battlefield 6, Gears of War: Reloaded, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 241 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.