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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 · 110 articles · 26/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 9, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC

This week, Tabletop dominated gaming coverage with 110 articles — down 40% from the previous period. Warhammer led individual game mentions with 19 hits. General drove 71% of all stories.

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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. 1Warhammer373 watching27.9k playing19
  2. 2Henry Cavill6
  3. 3Space Marine397 watching5
  4. 4Baldur's Gate1.1k watching56.6k playing4
  5. 5Competitive Innovations3
  6. 6Rolling Need3
  7. 7Monopoly GO3
  8. 8Baba3
  9. 9Battlesector2
  10. 10Xbox Game Pass At Risk of Losing2

Trading Cards

2 TCG articles tracked

Top mentioned in TCG news

Most active TCG sources

  • Steam News2

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

Xbox led console coverage this week with 3 articles (up 1), 1 ahead of Nintendo. Xbox overtook Nintendo for the lead.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo24▼ 2

Biggest story: Owlcat Games — “"We messed up, we had to fix things" - Owlcat Games' Head of Publishing Andrey Tsvetkov on Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's Switch 2 launch, the possibility of cross save, coffee, and much more” (Steam News)

PlayStation21▲ 1

Biggest story: Real Shame — “'It Would Be a Real Shame for That Culture to Disappear': Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Says Physical Game Releases Must Continue” (IGN)

Xbox32▲ 1

Biggest story: Xbox Game Pass At Risk of Losing — “Xbox Game Pass At Risk of Losing 2 of Its Best Games in September” (Steam News)

Hardware Coverage

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

Story Velocity

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What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News31
  • Goonhammer17
  • PC Gamer10
  • Game Rant7
  • Polygon6

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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