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A live read on gaming media + audience: what 72 news outlets are writing about, what's pulling Twitch viewers, and what's holding Steam players — refreshed hourly.

Last 7 days · 425 articles · 40/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 9, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC

This week, PC dominated gaming coverage with 425 articles. Linux led individual game mentions with 12 hits. General drove 65% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Steam Deck (17 mentions).

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Coverage Scorecard

Articles per platform tag

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Topic Distribution

What kinds of stories dominate

TopicArticles

Top Mentioned

Most-named entities in headlines

EntityMentions
  1. 1Linux12
  2. 2Steam Frame9
  3. 3SteamOS8
  4. 4Fields of Mistria1.2k watching7
  5. 5Moonlighter7
  6. 6Beast of Reincarnation2.9k watching7
  7. 7Steam Deck6
  8. 8Xbox Series X|S5
  9. 9Keep Until August4
  10. 10Steam Machine4

Trading Cards

1 TCG articles tracked

Most active TCG sources

  • IGN1

Top on Twitch

Most-watched right now

Game7dViewers
  1. 1RustRust280.9k
  2. 2League of LegendsLeague of Legends148.0k
  3. 3Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2140.0k
  4. 4Escape from TarkovEscape from Tarkov87.6k
  5. 5MinecraftMinecraft61.2k
  6. 6VALORANTVALORANT57.2k
  7. 7Dota 2Dota 232.4k
  8. 8PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS24.3k
  9. 9Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy24.3k
  10. 10Always OnAlways On21.2k

Top on Steam

Most concurrent players right now

Game7dPlayers
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2973.0k
  2. 2Dota 2Dota 2699.3k
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS471.8k
  4. 4Apex Legends™Apex Legends™175.4k
  5. 5Bongo CatBongo Cat147.8k
  6. 6RustRust128.9k
  7. 7Delta ForceDelta Force104.6k
  8. 8The Binding of Isaac: RebirthThe Binding of Isaac: Rebirth96.1k
  9. 9Stardew ValleyStardew Valley84.1k
  10. 10Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy84.0k

Console War — Week over Week

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

PlayStation led console coverage this week with 43 articles (up 2), 2 ahead of Nintendo. Nintendo edged past Xbox for second.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo4123▲ 18

Biggest story: Attack — “Attack on Titan 3 launches on December 10 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Steam” (Steam News)

PlayStation4341▲ 2

Biggest story: Attack — “Attack on Titan 3 launches on December 10 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Steam” (Steam News)

Xbox4029▲ 11

Biggest story: Attack — “Attack on Titan 3 launches on December 10 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Steam” (Steam News)

Hardware Coverage

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

Story Velocity

Articles per day in the window

17
02
Sun
83
03
Mon
69
04
Tue
80
05
Wed
82
06
Thu
51
07
Fri
35
08
Sat
8
09
Sun
Low 8Avg 53High 83

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News109
  • Wccftech42
  • Noisy Pixel32
  • Game Rant30
  • Cogconnected30

Recent Breaking Stories

Stories where 4+ sources published the same game/topic within an hour — likely embargo lifts

No synchronized publishing detected.

Latest tracked headlines

Newest articles powering the dashboard — links out to the source

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Generated Aug 9, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC from 72 RSS feeds. Refreshes hourly.