RECAP2026-W322 AUG TO 9 AUG 2026
Week of 2 Aug 2026The 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
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
184
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
487
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▲ +110%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
69
PIECES
41 writers · 15 outlets
WY
DB
ZZ
TRENDING▲ +871%
Beast of Reincarnation
OUT NOW
51
PIECES
34 writers · 16 outlets
CR
KS
FG
TRENDING▲ +2600%
Big Walk
OUT NOW
36
PIECES
27 writers · 14 outlets
GC
CL
RB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
20 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +142%
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
OUT NOW
18 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +100%
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
OUT NOW
14 writers · 9 outlets
▲ +1020%
Pokémon Pokopia
OUT NOW
13 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +271%
Palworld
OUT NOW
12 writers · 10 outlets
-13%
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Battlefield 6, Madden NFL 27
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (10), Thursday (6), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
NB
Nicholas BecherScreen Rant
Writing about Game of Thrones: Conquest, Fallout 76, Fantasy RPG: Raid Legends
FILED
30 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (2), Thursday (7), Friday (5), Saturday (3), Sunday (5).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Beast of Reincarnation, Grounded 2, Ball x Pit
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (5), Thursday (6), Friday (8), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
JL
James LynchScreen Rant
Writing about Grand Theft Auto VI, Adaptation, Apex Legends
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (4), Friday (4), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Pokémon Pokopia, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Donkey Kong Bananza
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Thursday (9), Friday (5), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 179 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
ML
Maria Loreto
Polygon
Polygon·9 Aug
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Most Talked About Character Quietly Sets Up Marvel's X-Men FuturenewsonSpider-Man: Brand New Day
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.