RECAP2026-W339 AUG TO 16 AUG 2026
Week of 9 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
1.2k
+6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
187
across 19 outlets
GAMES COVERED
492
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 -4%
Grand Theft Auto VI
19 NOV 2026 · UPCOMING
33
PIECES
25 writers · 14 outlets
EM
AK
ST
TRENDING▲ +281%
The Elder Scrolls VI
22
PIECES
20 writers · 12 outlets
DB
WY
EM
TRENDING▲ +181%
Marvel's Wolverine
OUT NOW
29
PIECES
19 writers · 9 outlets
WY
DB
SB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
OUT NOW
16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +39%
No Man's Sky
OUT NOW
16 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +1500%
Phantom Blade 0
29 OCT 2026 · UPCOMING
13 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +5100%
Kingdom Hearts IV
31 DEC 2027 · UPCOMING
12 writers · 10 outlets
▲ +243%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
OUT NOW
12 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +860%
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.
NB
Nicholas BecherScreen Rant
Writing about Game of Thrones: Conquest, Game of Thrones: Legends, Hogwarts Legacy
FILED
33 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5), Thursday (6), Friday (3), Saturday (5), Sunday (4).
JL
James LynchScreen Rant
Writing about Fallout 4, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Happy Room
FILED
32 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (3), Saturday (7), Sunday (1).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Marvel's Wolverine, The Elder Scrolls VI, Helldivers 2
FILED
28 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (9), Thursday (9), Friday (3).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Diablo IV, Diablo V, Iron Lung
FILED
27 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (6), Thursday (3), Friday (4), Saturday (1), Sunday (4).
AR
Angharad ReddenScreen Rant
Writing about Red Dead Redemption 2, The Wheel of Time, Wuthering Waves
FILED
26 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (1), Thursday (5), Friday (4), Saturday (4), Sunday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 182 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
VL
Victoria Luxford
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·14 Aug
The women of Grand Theft Auto: How film noir shaped (and limited) Rockstar's female charactersnewsonGrand Theft Auto VI
BL
Brad Long
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·13 Aug
Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube) - Not What We Expected, But It Still ShinesreviewonSuper Mario Sunshine
RV
Rebekah Valentine And Kenneth Shepard
Kotaku
Kotaku·11 Aug
Pokémon Ruby And Sapphire Defined Pokémon As We Know It TodaynewsonAs We Know It & Pokémon Ruby Version
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.