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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 · 459 articles · 57/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 9, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC

This week, Retro dominated gaming coverage with 459 articles — down 13% from the previous period. Japanese led individual game mentions with 8 hits. General drove 72% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (20 mentions).

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Coverage Scorecard

Articles per platform tag

PlatformArticles

Topic Distribution

What kinds of stories dominate

TopicArticles

Top Mentioned

Most-named entities in headlines

EntityMentions
  1. 1Japanese8
  2. 2IRON NEST Heavy Turret Simulator6
  3. 3Doom6
  4. 4Baldur's Gate1.1k watching56.6k playing6
  5. 5Grand Theft Auto24.3k watching84.0k playing5
  6. 6Beast of Reincarnation2.9k watching5
  7. 7Software4
  8. 8RuneScape20 watching4
  9. 9Warhammer373 watching27.9k playing4
  10. 10Larian4

Trading Cards

7 TCG articles tracked

Most active TCG sources

  • Steam News2
  • Polygon2
  • Game Rant1

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

Nintendo led console coverage this week with 71 articles (down 7), 44 ahead of PlayStation.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo7178▼ 7

Biggest story: GameCube — “This Week in Switch 2 - Super Mario Sunshine for GameCube App & PlayStation doubles down on no discs” (Shacknews)

PlayStation2750▼ 23

Biggest story: London Spirit Detectives — “PS1 Japan-Exclusive RPG ‘London Spirit Detectives’ English Patch Released” (Noisy Pixel)

Xbox2539▼ 14

Biggest story: Atlus — “As Persona 6 drives hype, Atlus' JRPG series sold another 1 million copies over Sega's last quarter” (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
79
03
Mon
74
04
Tue
87
05
Wed
91
06
Thu
76
07
Fri
27
08
Sat
8
09
Sun
Low 8Avg 57High 91

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News77
  • Time Extension26
  • Game Rant22
  • GamesRadar22
  • Wccftech19

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.