RECAP2025-W415 OCT TO 12 OCT 2025
Week of 5 Oct 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
863
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
165
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
326
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +148%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
107
PIECES
49 writers · 12 outlets
RN
VB
WY
TRENDING▲ +65%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
OUT NOW
33
PIECES
19 writers · 9 outlets
BK
WY
AM
TRENDING▲ +324%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
24
PIECES
18 writers · 10 outlets
JG
EN
FG
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.
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Battlefield 6, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
FILED
42 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (7), Thursday (7), Friday (8), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Battlefield 6, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Ninja Gaiden 4
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (5), Thursday (8), Friday (3), Saturday (2).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Silent Hill 2, Tavern Keeper
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (7), Friday (7).
MW
Mark WarrenRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Battlefield 6, ARC Raiders, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (6), Thursday (6), Friday (5).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Monster Hunter Wilds, Keeper
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 160 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
MK
Maddy Kendall-Murray
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·9 Oct 2025
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.