RECAP2025-W4426 OCT TO 2 NOV 2025
Week of 26 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
984
-2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
174
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
423
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.
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 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Loulan: The Cursed Sand, Retro
FILED
39 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (9), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (8), Thursday (8), Friday (5), Sunday (4).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Halo: Campaign Evolved, The Outer Worlds 2, Superball
FILED
34 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (7), Thursday (8), Friday (5), Saturday (1).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Battlefield 6, ARC Raiders
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (3).
EG
Ethan GachKotaku
Writing about Grand Theft Auto VI, Dead by Daylight, Diablo IV
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (5).
CM
Connor MakarEurogamer
Writing about ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, The X-Files: Resist or Serve
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (6), Thursday (3), Friday (5).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 169 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
JC
Jacob Crites
Nintendo Life·30 Oct 2025
Luigi's Mansion (GameCube) - A Spooky Little Romp That Still Sucks You Inreview
DN
Duet Night Abyss
Eurogamer·29 Oct 2025
Duet Night Abyss shakes up the free-to-play epic action RPG genre on 28th OctoberfeatureonDuet Night Abyss
AM
Ariana Mallouhi
GameSpot·27 Oct 2025
What Final Fantasy Tactics Gets Right (And Wrong) About SWANA RepresentationnewsonFinal Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.