RECAP2025-W507 DEC TO 14 DEC 2025
Week of 7 Dec 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
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
201
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
482
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▲ +123%
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
OUT NOW
59
PIECES
39 writers · 14 outlets
NB
FG
SM
TRENDING▲ +287%
Resident Evil Requiem
OUT NOW
44
PIECES
29 writers · 12 outlets
OR
TP
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic
27
PIECES
23 writers · 13 outlets
LC
WY
BB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Tomb Raider: Catalyst
31 DEC 2028 · UPCOMING
22 writers · 13 outlets
▲ +4300%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
20 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +7%
Divinity
OUT NOW
18 writers · 8 outlets
ARC Raiders
OUT NOW
18 writers · 10 outlets
-38%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
18 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +67%
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 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Split Fiction, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
FILED
46 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (6), Thursday (10), Friday (16), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Battlefield 6
FILED
34 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Thursday (4), Friday (16), Saturday (3).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Tomb Raider: Catalyst, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (6), Thursday (2), Friday (13).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Saros, Batman: Arkham Knight, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (6), Thursday (4), Friday (9), Saturday (1).
MW
Mark WarrenRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Resident Evil Requiem, Divinity: Original Sin II, Star Wars: Galactic Racer
FILED
29 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (8).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 196 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
SS
Sam Stone
GamesRadar+·12 Dec 2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle isn't just a solid translation of the classic movie franchise, it's one of the greatest action-adventure games of its generation and deserves far more lovenewsonIndiana Jones and the Great Circle
LD
Liz Declan
Screen Rant·12 Dec 2025
I Hope Jennifer Lawrence's Return To The Hunger Games Doesn't Mean Changing This Crucial OG Decisionnews
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.