RECAP2025-W452 NOV TO 9 NOV 2025
Week of 2 Nov 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
1.1k
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
171
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
429
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▲ +650%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
81
PIECES
45 writers · 14 outlets
WY
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TRENDING▲ +120%
ARC Raiders
OUT NOW
89
PIECES
44 writers · 13 outlets
RN
EG
JF
TRENDING -40%
Battlefield 6
OUT NOW
41
PIECES
22 writers · 11 outlets
AM
ZZ
CM
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
OUT NOW
17 writers · 9 outlets
-21%
The Outer Worlds 2
OUT NOW
16 writers · 7 outlets
-3%
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
OUT NOW
13 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +643%
Red Dead Redemption 2
OUT NOW
11 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +100%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
11 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +47%
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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Pigeon Simulator, Great God Grove
FILED
44 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (8), Thursday (10), Friday (10), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Grand Theft Auto VI, Alan Wake II
FILED
35 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (9), Thursday (6), Friday (3), Saturday (4), Sunday (2).
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Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Grand Theft Auto VI, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, ARC Raiders
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (5).
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Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (6), Friday (3).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Kirby Air Riders, Hello, Yoshi!
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (5), Saturday (5), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 166 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
AP
Anyka Pettigrew
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·3 Nov 2025
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.