RECAP2025-W3417 AUG TO 24 AUG 2025
Week of 17 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
1.4k
+36% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
217
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
433
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +522%
Hollow Knight: Silksong
OUT NOW
86
PIECES
56 writers · 15 outlets
RV
TO
EN
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Kirby Air Riders
OUT NOW
40
PIECES
28 writers · 11 outlets
TO
AH
OR
TRENDING▲ +391%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
OUT NOW
54
PIECES
27 writers · 13 outlets
SC
MP
SD
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
OUT NOW
23 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +300%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
OUT NOW
22 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +633%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
19 writers · 12 outlets
-49%
Resident Evil Requiem
OUT NOW
17 writers · 12 outlets
▲ +1033%
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +70%
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 Helldivers 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
FILED
39 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (14), Wednesday (10), Thursday (4), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Gears of War: Reloaded, Hollow Knight: Silksong, The Rogue Prince of Persia
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Resident Evil Requiem, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (13), Wednesday (7), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Battlefield 6, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Kirby Air Riders
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (5).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Fairgames, Lost Soul Aside, Stellar Blade
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (6), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (5), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 212 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
SA
Sean Aaron
Nintendo Life·21 Aug 2025
Chibi-Robo (GameCube) - A Charming Game About An Altruistic Robot Or A Shambolic Scavenger Hunt?review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.