RECAP2025-W3814 SEPT TO 21 SEPT 2025
Week of 14 Sept 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
933
-14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
182
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
379
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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▲ +84%
Borderlands 4
OUT NOW
81
PIECES
41 writers · 15 outlets
WY
RN
JM
TRENDING -33%
Hollow Knight: Silksong
OUT NOW
65
PIECES
40 writers · 11 outlets
AW
SG
EN
TRENDING▲ +31%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
29
PIECES
20 writers · 10 outlets
BK
AB
ZZ
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Palworld
OUT NOW
18 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +2300%
Dying Light: The Beast
OUT NOW
17 writers · 11 outlets
▲ +580%
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
OUT NOW
15 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +253%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
10 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +33%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
OUT NOW
9 writers · 8 outlets
-5%
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.
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Hollow Knight: Silksong, Battlefield 6, Palworld
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (7), Thursday (7), Friday (4).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 6, For the King II
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Yotei, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Resident Evil Requiem
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Dying Light: The Beast, Visions of Mana, Blood West
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (6), Thursday (6), Friday (5), Saturday (2).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Borderlands 4, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Hollow Knight: Silksong
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 177 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
JR
Juno Rylee Schultz
Game Informer·17 Sept 2025
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.