RECAP2025-W469 NOV TO 16 NOV 2025
Week of 9 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
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
196
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
363
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +40%
ARC Raiders
OUT NOW
105
PIECES
40 writers · 12 outlets
SM
RN
EG
TRENDING▲ +407%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
OUT NOW
63
PIECES
38 writers · 12 outlets
CC
RN
SD
TRENDING▲ +60%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
35
PIECES
26 writers · 9 outlets
AB
CL
RV
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, ARC Raiders, BMX Streets
FILED
38 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (9), Friday (7), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Elden Ring Nightreign, Gran Turismo 7, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (4), Thursday (7), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
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Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Motionrec, Palworld, ARC Raiders
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (10), Thursday (7), Friday (6), Saturday (1).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Grand Theft Auto VI, ARC Raiders
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (4), Friday (3), Saturday (2).
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Mark WarrenRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Elden Ring Nightreign, Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (3), Thursday (8), Friday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 191 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
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J.C. Rodriguez
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Nov 2025
The sanitisation of Skate reminds me how far counterculture has fallen and how hard it can be to stay inspiredfeature
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George Young
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·10 Nov 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's loss is The Witcher 4's gain as CD Projekt Red picks up the lead gameplay designer behind one of the best parts of the action RPGnewsonKingdom Come: Deliverance II & The Witcher IV
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.