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Last 7 days · 825 articles · 52/72 feeds active· Updated Aug 22, 2026, 05:05 AM UTC

This week, Nintendo dominated gaming coverage with 127 articles — down 5% from the previous period. Kingdom Hearts led individual game mentions with 31 hits. New Releases drove 100% of all stories. Hardware coverage was led by the Switch 2 (84 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. 1Kingdom Hearts31
  2. 2Xbox Series X|S19
  3. 3Grand Theft Auto70.5k watching40.4k playing16
  4. 4Call Of Duty Modern Warfare11
  5. 5Cyberpunk Edgerunners10
  6. 6Gamescom10
  7. 7Nioh9
  8. 8D239
  9. 9Onimusha Way8
  10. 10Borderlands7

Trading Cards

16 TCG articles tracked

Most active TCG sources

  • Bleeding Cool Games3
  • TheGamer3
  • Polygon1

Top on Twitch

Most-watched right now

Game7dViewers
  1. 1Dota 2Dota 2327.0k
  2. 2Overwatch®Overwatch®102.8k
  3. 3WARDOGSWARDOGS98.5k
  4. 4Grand Theft Auto V LegacyGrand Theft Auto V Legacy70.5k
  5. 5League of LegendsLeague of Legends29.6k
  6. 6VALORANTVALORANT28.6k
  7. 7Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 228.5k
  8. 8Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 424.7k
  9. 9World of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft24.2k
  10. 10Sid Meier's Civilization VIISid Meier's Civilization VII20.9k

Top on Steam

Most concurrent players right now

Game7dPlayers
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Counter-Strike 2542.0k
  2. 2Dota 2Dota 2475.7k
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS218.8k
  4. 4PalworldPalworld178.3k
  5. 5Bongo CatBongo Cat150.3k
  6. 6Apex Legends™Apex Legends™107.0k
  7. 7Marvel RivalsMarvel Rivals105.4k
  8. 8TBH: Task Bar HeroTBH: Task Bar Hero87.4k
  9. 9HELLDIVERS™ 2HELLDIVERS™ 275.1k
  10. 10Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege74.6k

Console War — Week over Week

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

Nintendo led console coverage this week with 127 articles (down 6), 33 ahead of PlayStation.

PlatformNowPriorΔ
Nintendo127133▼ 6

Biggest story: Xbox Series X|S — “LumenTale: Memories of Trey Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026” (Noisy Pixel)

PlayStation94107▼ 13

Biggest story: Xbox Series X|S — “LumenTale: Memories of Trey Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026” (Noisy Pixel)

Xbox8175▲ 6

Biggest story: Xbox Series X|S — “LumenTale: Memories of Trey Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026” (Noisy Pixel)

Hardware Coverage

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

Story Velocity

Articles per day in the window

49
15
Sat
59
16
Sun
145
17
Mon
141
18
Tue
130
19
Wed
169
20
Thu
120
21
Fri
12
22
Sat
Low 12Avg 103High 169

What's Spiking

Phrases surging in headlines — and the stories behind them

Most Active Sources

Top 5 publishers by article count

SourceArticles
  • Steam News108
  • Noisy Pixel63
  • Gematsu59
  • Game Rant47
  • Nintendo Everything46

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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