RECAP2025-W3310 AUG TO 17 AUG 2025
Week of 10 Aug 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
998
-6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
197
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
392
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +36%
Battlefield 6
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87
PIECES
39 writers · 14 outlets
IV
WS
RN
TRENDING▲ +171%
Mafia: The Old Country
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23
PIECES
19 writers · 12 outlets
SB
MW
TO
TRENDING▲ +49%
Helldivers 2
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15
PIECES
13 writers · 10 outlets
CL
IV
AW
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Monster Hunter Wilds
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12 writers · 6 outlets
▲ +100%
Baldur's Gate III
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11 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +16%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
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11 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +193%
Drag x Drive
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11 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +340%
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
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11 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +7%
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 Black Myth: Wukong, Delta Force, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (7), Friday (7), Saturday (1).
TO
Tom Orry
Writing about Battlefield 6, Inzoi, Crimson Desert
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (10), Thursday (8), Friday (6).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Battlefield 6, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Crimson Desert
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (5).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Battlefield 6, Mafia: The Old Country, Woochi the Wayfarer
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (2), Thursday (5), Friday (6), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Mario Kart World, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (4), Friday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 192 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
GY
George Yang Billy Givens
Kotaku·16 Aug 2025
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.