RECAP2025-W4319 OCT TO 26 OCT 2025
Week of 19 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
1k
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
194
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
463
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.
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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about The Outer Worlds 2, PowerWash Simulator 2, Commandos: Origins
FILED
46 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (10), Thursday (9), Friday (8), Saturday (4), Sunday (2).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Ninja Gaiden 4, Kirby Air Riders, Dead Cells
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (7), Thursday (9), Friday (4), Sunday (4).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Starfield, Helldivers 2, Tekken 3
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (8), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Sunday (3).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, Fallout 76
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (8), Friday (4).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Persona 3 Reload, Kirby Air Riders, Pokémon Legends: Z-A
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (3), Friday (4), Saturday (4), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 189 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.