RECAP2025-W4028 SEPT TO 5 OCT 2025
Week of 28 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
969
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
184
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
425
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.
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 Little Nightmares III, Little Rocket Lab, Battlefield 6
FILED
37 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (10), Thursday (6), Friday (7), Saturday (2).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Final Fantasy: 20th Anniversary Edition, Ghost of Yotei, Helldivers 2
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (8), Thursday (5), Friday (5).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, South of Midnight, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (3).
AW
Austin WoodGamesRadar+
Writing about Hollow Knight: Silksong, Monster Hunter Wilds, Borderlands 4
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (4), Friday (4).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Fable II, Final Fantasy: 20th Anniversary Edition, Grand Theft Auto VI
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Friday (5), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 179 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
HJ
Harper Jay MacIntyre
Kotaku
Eurogamer·3 Oct 2025
The revolutionary politics of Final Fantasy Tactics, and why Ramza Beoulve is a hero for our timesfeature
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Game Informer·30 Sept 2025
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.