RECAP2025-W4212 OCT TO 19 OCT 2025
Week of 12 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
924
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
176
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
389
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +60%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
99
PIECES
44 writers · 16 outlets
RN
CM
MC
TRENDING▲ +478%
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
OUT NOW
73
PIECES
39 writers · 11 outlets
CL
KS
SM
TRENDING▲ +367%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
RP
ZZ
FB
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Yotei, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Demon's Souls
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (7), Thursday (8), Friday (4), Saturday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Hogwarts Legacy, Doom: The Dark Ages, Keeper
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (8), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (3).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Battlefield 6, Keeper, Sunset Overdrive
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (6), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Pokémon Legends: Z-A, World Cup, Bloodborne
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (3), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
MW
Mark WarrenRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Battlefield 6, RoadCraft, Skate Story
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (3), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 171 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
JL
Jesse Lennox
Screen Rant·18 Oct 2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is One Key Ingredient Short Of PerfectionnewsonPokémon Legends: Z-A
DH
Dylan Haas
GameSpot·17 Oct 2025
This Capcom Fanatical Bundle Is Perfect For Spooky SeasonnewsonDead Rising 4+ 3 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.