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Last 7 days · 590 articles · 46/72 feeds active· Updated Oct 17, 2026, 05:42 AM UTC

This week, Nintendo dominated gaming coverage with 590 articles — up 24% from the previous period. Resident Evil led individual game mentions with 17 hits. General drove 50% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (283 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. 1Resident Evil123 watching17
  2. 2Zelda128 watching15
  3. 3Grand Theft Auto70.1k watching33.7k playing12
  4. 4Xbox Series X|S11
  5. 5Zelda Ocarina of Time2.3k watching10
  6. 6Metaphor ReFantazio Switch7
  7. 7Toy Story5
  8. 8Monster Hunter Wilds859 watching24.3k playing5
  9. 9Mario Kart5.9k watching5
  10. 10Monster Hunter Wilds Switch859 watching24.3k playing5

Trading Cards

9 TCG articles tracked

Most active TCG sources

  • Game Rant2
  • TheGamer2
  • Dexerto2

Top on Twitch

Most-watched right now

Game7dViewers
  1. 1MinecraftMinecraft90.8k
  2. 2Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy70.1k
  3. 3ARC RaidersARC Raiders51.9k
  4. 4League of LegendsLeague of Legends45.1k
  5. 5VALORANTVALORANT38.4k
  6. 6World of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft37.6k
  7. 7Aion 2Aion 233.9k
  8. 8FortniteFortnite23.8k
  9. 9Dota 2Dota 220.5k
  10. 10DeadlockDeadlock20.4k

Top on Steam

Most concurrent players right now

Game7dPlayers
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2577.6k
  2. 2Dota 2Dota 2505.6k
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS336.9k
  4. 4WARDOGSWARDOGS191.2k
  5. 5Aion 2Aion 2184.6k
  6. 6Bongo CatBongo Cat115.7k
  7. 7Apex Legends™Apex Legends™106.1k
  8. 8ARC RaidersARC Raiders90.5k
  9. 9Call of Duty®Call of Duty®81.4k
  10. 10WarframeWarframe75.8k

Console War — Week over Week

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

Nintendo led console coverage this week with 590 articles (up 116), 521 ahead of PlayStation.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo590474▲ 116

Biggest story: Resident Evil — “Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 Remake Are Now Available on Nintendo Switch 2” (GamingBolt)

PlayStation6974▼ 5

Biggest story: Xbox Series X|S — “PEAK Releases on October 22nd for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2” (GamingBolt)

Xbox5140▲ 11

Biggest story: Xbox Series X|S — “PEAK Releases on October 22nd for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2” (GamingBolt)

Hardware Coverage

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

Story Velocity

Articles per day in the window

32
10
Sat
25
11
Sun
69
12
Mon
89
13
Tue
133
14
Wed
139
15
Thu
97
16
Fri
6
17
Sat
Low 6Avg 74High 139

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Nintendo Everything95
  • Game Rant53
  • Nintendo Life48
  • Steam News42
  • Gematsu33

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 Oct 17, 2026, 05:42 AM UTC from 72 RSS feeds. Refreshes hourly.