RECAP2025-W4823 NOV TO 30 NOV 2025
Week of 23 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
956
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
176
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
437
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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 -41%
ARC Raiders
OUT NOW
46
PIECES
22 writers · 11 outlets
RN
AW
EG
TRENDING▲ +105%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
30
PIECES
22 writers · 9 outlets
AC
VB
GY
TRENDING -27%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
26
PIECES
18 writers · 8 outlets
NB
EM
AB
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 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, A Week, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (7), Thursday (3), Friday (7).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Black Friday, Arknights: Endfield, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (3).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Stellar Blade, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Cronos: The New Dawn
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Black Friday, Yakuza Kiwami 2
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (4), Thursday (8), Saturday (2).
NB
Nicholas BecherScreen Rant
Writing about Grand Theft Auto VI, Bloodborne, Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
FILED
24 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3), Friday (5), Saturday (1), Sunday (4).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 171 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
KS
Kenneth Shepard & John Walker & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen & Carolyn Petit & Claire Jackson
Kotaku·27 Nov 2025
Arc Raiders, Silksong And More: The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)rounduponARC Raiders & Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Storytaco
VG247·26 Nov 2025
After Five Hearts Under One Roof's successful launch, Storytaco has plans for even more FMV gamesnewsonFive Hearts Under One Roof
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.