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Last 7 days · 139 articles · 33/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 29, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

This week, Tabletop dominated gaming coverage with 139 articles — up 88% from the previous period. Warhammer led individual game mentions with 16 hits. General drove 72% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (5 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. 1Warhammer518 watching12.4k playing16
  2. 2D&D15
  3. 3Total War Warhammer383 watching37.1k playing12
  4. 4Baldur's Gate1.7k watching62.8k playing8
  5. 5Warlock6
  6. 6Boltgun6
  7. 7TTRPG3
  8. 8Far Cry3
  9. 9Warhammer Age of Sigmar Deathmaster3
  10. 10Dark Heresy2

Trading Cards

2 TCG articles tracked

Top mentioned in TCG news

Most active TCG sources

  • Steam News1
  • GamesRadar1

Top on Twitch

Most-watched right now

Game7dViewers
  1. 1Pokémon ChampionsPokémon Champions76.9k
  2. 2League of LegendsLeague of Legends71.4k
  3. 3Overwatch®Overwatch®70.2k
  4. 4World of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft66.2k
  5. 5VALORANTVALORANT65.3k
  6. 6Chained TogetherChained Together58.0k
  7. 7Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 255.7k
  8. 8Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy49.4k
  9. 9Apex Legends™Apex Legends™47.0k
  10. 10Dota 2Dota 238.2k

Top on Steam

Most concurrent players right now

Game7dPlayers
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2831.8k
  2. 2Dota 2Dota 2647.5k
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS150.6k
  4. 4PalworldPalworld146.2k
  5. 5Bongo CatBongo Cat137.1k
  6. 6RustRust97.6k
  7. 7How to FishHow to Fish94.2k
  8. 8Marvel RivalsMarvel Rivals91.7k
  9. 9Project ZomboidProject Zomboid90.3k
  10. 10Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege85.7k

Console War — Week over Week

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

Nintendo led console coverage this week with 6 articles (flat), 3 ahead of PlayStation. PlayStation edged past Xbox for second.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo66· 0

Biggest story: Warhammer — “Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II launches October 14 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, later for Switch 2” (Gematsu)

PlayStation32▲ 1

Biggest story: Warhammer — “Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II launches October 14 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, later for Switch 2” (Gematsu)

Xbox23▼ 1

Biggest story: Warhammer — “Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II launches October 14 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, later for Switch 2” (Gematsu)

Hardware Coverage

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

Story Velocity

Articles per day in the window

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22
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7
23
Sun
15
24
Mon
18
25
Tue
38
26
Wed
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27
Thu
25
28
Fri
14
29
Sat
Low 0Avg 17High 38

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News31
  • Goonhammer20
  • Polygon9
  • GameSpot7
  • GamesRadar7

Recent Breaking Stories

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

Latest tracked headlines

Newest articles powering the dashboard — links out to the source

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