RECAP2025-W4716 NOV TO 23 NOV 2025
Week of 16 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
1.2k
+6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
217
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
476
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.
TRENDING -21%
ARC Raiders
OUT NOW
67
PIECES
28 writers · 11 outlets
SM
RN
EG
TRENDING▲ +73%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
OUT NOW
48
PIECES
26 writers · 12 outlets
ST
VB
SD
TRENDING▲ +225%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
35
PIECES
26 writers · 12 outlets
AB
AJ
AM
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Black Friday, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Reanimal
FILED
49 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (9), Thursday (18), Friday (7), Saturday (2).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (10), Friday (4).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, The Crew: Motorfest, The Crew Motorfest: Year 1 Pass
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (3), Thursday (8), Friday (6), Saturday (2).
SM
Scott McCraeGamesRadar+
Writing about Kirby Air Riders, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Grand Theft Auto VI
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Sunday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Yotei, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Marvel's Wolverine
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Thursday (7), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 212 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
RC
Rachel Castle
Game Informer·20 Nov 2025
Immerse Yourself In A World Of Smuggling, Gangsters & Flying 1930s Cars In New Aether & Iron Gameplay TrailernewsonAether & Iron
CH
Cooper Hood
Screen Rant·20 Nov 2025
Sunrise On The Reaping: How Every Returning Hunger Games Character Looks Compared To Previous MoviesnewsonSunrise
GD
Grace Dean
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·18 Nov 2025
Anno 117: Pax Romana city layout tips and tricks for buildingnewsonAnno 117: Pax Romana
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.