RECAP2025-W5114 DEC TO 21 DEC 2025
Week of 14 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
1k
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
195
across 20 outlets
GAMES COVERED
420
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
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 Upgrade, Divinity: Original Sin II, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
FILED
36 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (8), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (8), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Gears of War: E-Day, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Doom: The Dark Ages
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (9), Thursday (6), Friday (5), Saturday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Divinity, Ghost of Yotei, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (1), Thursday (7), Friday (5), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
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Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Assassin's Creed Shadows, Batman: Arkham Knight, Beyblade X Evobattle
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (3), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
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Jordan GerblickGamesRadar+
Writing about The Elder Scrolls VI, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
FILED
20 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (2), Thursday (5), Friday (5), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 190 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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Jason Collins
Rock Paper Shotgun·18 Dec 2025
Smarter than the Steam Frame: inside the VR mod that’s brought virtual reality to hundreds of gamesfeature
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Alejandro Josan
Screen Rant·18 Dec 2025
Trump Announcement Draws Hunger Games Comparisons As America’s 250th Anniversary Takes Shapenews
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Gamestm Staff
GamesRadar+·17 Dec 2025
“We started with the solid foundation that we inherited from Fallout 3”: How Fallout: New Vegas delivered a bigger, better post-apocalypse by sticking to the script – mostlynewsonFallout: New Vegas
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Cathal Gunning
Screen Rant·15 Dec 2025
5 Years Ago, Netflix's 10/10 Sci-Fi Battle Royale Gave The Hunger Games A Run For Its MoneynewsonBattle Royale
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.