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Last 7 days · 5,294 articles · 69/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 8, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

This week, Nintendo dominated gaming coverage with 704 articles — up 38% from the previous period. Grand Theft Auto led individual game mentions with 111 hits. General drove 74% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (290 mentions).

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Topic Distribution

What kinds of stories dominate

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Top Mentioned

Most-named entities in headlines

EntityMentions
  1. 1Grand Theft Auto63.3k watching63.0k playing111
  2. 2Beast of Reincarnation5.6k watching81
  3. 3Baldur's Gate5.3k watching64.9k playing57
  4. 4Netflix28
  5. 5Fields of Mistria7.6k watching27
  6. 6Onimusha Way26
  7. 7Spider-Man Brand New Day24
  8. 8Lies3.0k watching20
  9. 9Mistfall Hunter14.1k watching19
  10. 10Doom18

Trading Cards

70 TCG articles tracked

Most active TCG sources

  • Steam News13
  • IGN8
  • GameSpot7

Top on Twitch

Most-watched right now

Game7dViewers
  1. 1MinecraftMinecraft171.4k
  2. 2Escape from TarkovEscape from Tarkov126.3k
  3. 3RustRust104.3k
  4. 4League of LegendsLeague of Legends91.0k
  5. 5VALORANTVALORANT89.2k
  6. 6Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy63.3k
  7. 7Marvel RivalsMarvel Rivals59.1k
  8. 8Dota 2Dota 258.7k
  9. 9Overwatch®Overwatch®53.7k
  10. 10FortniteFortnite45.6k

Top on Steam

Most concurrent players right now

Game7dPlayers
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2845.7k
  2. 2Dota 2Dota 2583.4k
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS148.6k
  4. 4RustRust137.1k
  5. 5Bongo CatBongo Cat133.8k
  6. 6Marvel RivalsMarvel Rivals124.2k
  7. 7Project ZomboidProject Zomboid106.3k
  8. 8EA SPORTS FC™ 26EA SPORTS FC™ 26100.3k
  9. 9Apex Legends™Apex Legends™83.1k
  10. 10Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege73.6k

Console War — Week over Week

Who's winning the coverage race — and what's driving it

Nintendo led console coverage this week with 704 articles (up 193), 312 ahead of Xbox.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo704511▲ 193

Biggest story: Lies — “Lies Of P Switch 2 Update Adds New Handheld Graphics Option And Fixes Other Issues” (Nintendo Life)

PlayStation375435▼ 60

Biggest story: Grand Theft Auto — “Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto 5 Continue to Top PS5, Xbox Series X/S Most-Played Charts in the US” (GamingBolt)

Xbox392472▼ 80

Biggest story: Forza Horizon — “#SkiHoliday Photo Challenge Location in Forza Horizon 6 (Sotoyama Ski Resort)” (Game Rant)

Hardware Coverage

Handhelds and headsets in the headlines — and what's being said

Story Velocity

Articles per day in the window

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Sat
389
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Sun
821
03
Mon
993
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Tue
913
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Wed
971
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Thu
868
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Fri
334
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Sat
Low 5Avg 662High 993

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News755
  • Game Rant484
  • Polygon273
  • GamesRadar245
  • IGN219

Recent Breaking Stories

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