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Last 7 days · 571 articles · 59/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 29, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC
This week, Retro dominated gaming coverage with 571 articles — up 15% from the previous period. Grand Theft Auto led individual game mentions with 18 hits. General drove 64% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (33 mentions).
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5 TCG articles tracked
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Nintendo led console coverage this week with 85 articles (up 15), 24 ahead of PlayStation.
Biggest story: TGS — “Oni Zero: Revival Reboot will have playable Switch demo at Konami booth in TGS 2026” (Steam News)
Biggest story: Persona — “Fable director "happy to go toe-to-toe" with heavy hitters like Persona and God of War, but GTA 6 is a beast he's "happy to avoid entirely"” (Steam News)
Biggest story: Persona — “Persona 4 Revival with Kazuhisa Wada: Rebuilding a Classic for Today | Official XBOX Podcast” (Xbox Wire)
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- Switch 233 mentions
“Feature: Nintendo Life's Switch 2 Summer Survey 2026” — Nintendo Life
- Evercade2 mentions
“"Something Is Coming... Back!" - A Legacy Evercade Collection Is Being Re-Released” — Time Extension
- Analogue Pocket1 mention
“A New Tool For Extracting ROMs From Game Boy Cartridges Has Been Showcased For Analogue Pocket” — Retro Dodo
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Crazy Taxi mentions jumped +17 this week
“Crazy Taxi World Tour feels like the offspring of the original Crazy Taxi and Forza Horizon, in the best way” — Steam News
15 stories · 13 outlets · 0 → 17
War Westeros mentions jumped +16 this week
“Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Preview” — Hardcore Gamer
16 stories · 12 outlets · 0 → 16
Lego Skylines mentions jumped +15 this week
“LEGO Skylines announced for Nintendo Switch 2” — Nintendo Everything
15 stories · 14 outlets · 0 → 15
Thrones War mentions jumped +15 this week
“Game of Thrones: War for Westeros Preview” — Hardcore Gamer
15 stories · 11 outlets · 0 → 15
Taxi Tour mentions jumped +13 this week
“Crazy Taxi World Tour feels like the offspring of the original Crazy Taxi and Forza Horizon, in the best way” — Steam News
13 stories · 13 outlets · 0 → 13
Gamescom 2026 mentions jumped +12 this week
“STRANGER THAN HEAVEN Gamescom 2026 demo playthrough” — Gematsu
12 stories · 11 outlets · 0 → 12
Cities Skylines mentions jumped +11 this week
“Having taken over Cities: Skylines 2's resurrection, Iceflake Studios are also making a bricky city builder called Lego Skylines” — Rock Paper Shotgun
11 stories · 9 outlets · 0 → 11
Nintendo Switch mentions jumped +10 this week
“Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia coming to Nintendo Switch” — Nintendo Everything
18 stories · 6 outlets · 8 → 18
Persona Revival mentions jumped +7 this week
“"That is a lot of work": Persona 4 Revival producer says there's no plans for a Yosuke romance option, even if the team did think about it” — Rock Paper Shotgun
7 stories · 7 outlets · 0 → 7
Warhammer 40 mentions jumped +7 this week
“Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is aiming to be the "definitive" game for the setting, and I think it might be exactly that” — Eurogamer
7 stories · 7 outlets · 0 → 7
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- Steam News88
- Noisy Pixel32
- GamesRadar25
- Game Rant25
- Polygon24
Recent Breaking Stories
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- Cities Skylines5 sources · 6 articles · GeneralAug 25, 2026, 07:35 PM UTC
Rock Paper Shotgun · VGC · GamesRadar · Steam News · Eurogamer
- Lego Skylines7 sources · 8 articles · New ReleasesAug 25, 2026, 07:31 PM UTC
“LEGO Skylines announced for Nintendo Switch 2”
Nintendo Everything · Rock Paper Shotgun · PCGamesN · VGC · GamesRadar · Gematsu +1 more
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