The Daily Game News

News Pulse

A live read on the games news cycle, measured from our own coverage clustering.

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270stories · 24h window
28outlets tracked
97picked up by 2+
9.7 stories / hr · 11% above normal
31outlets on top story

The news landscape

When each story broke, and how far it spread. Bigger dots are hotter — hover for detail, click to read.

Feature: One Year On, Is Anyone Still Playing Drag x Drive? — 2 outlets, 21.2h agoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure Golden Spirit codes (August 2026) for Astrogems, Coins, Cards, and more — 2 outlets, 26.2h ago2025 GOTY Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is down to $33 — 2 outlets, 44.1h agoRazer has unveiled a highly limited hand-painted snake keycap, and it's so detailed you can make out its every scale — 2 outlets, 23.1h agoSplatoon 3 Gets Splatoon Raiders Plastic-Bottle Splattershot — 2 outlets, 24.8h agoInside Is the Closest Thing to a ‘Perfect’ Game I’ve Ever Played — 2 outlets, 20.7h agoCoyote vs Acme in-universe villains have a perfect response to the upcoming movie's "rave reviews" — 2 outlets, 20.8h agoOfficial PlayStation Podcast Episode 545: Walk and Talk — 2 outlets, 20.2h agoPokemon Pokopia Smashes Another Major Milestone — 2 outlets, 31.2h agoBoruto Officially Confirms New Konoha Ninja Stronger Than Naruto & Sasuke — 2 outlets, 42.2h agoMassively on the Go: Pokemon Go 10th Anniversary Mega Finale is less free and less content — 2 outlets, 25h ago'Fortnite'’s Most Prized Collectible Is Easier Than Ever to Get, but for a Limited Time — 3 outlets, 43.1h agoWe almost had Matthew McConaughey in HBO’s The Last of Us but he had a strong reason to decline — 2 outlets, 39.3h agoThe Watcher is a creepy surveillance thriller with shiny Unreal Engine props - I just hope it's not as talkative as its trailer — 2 outlets, 20.2h ago4.5 Honkai: Star Rail Stream Teased Zenless Zone Zero Crossover — 3 outlets, 25.5h agoFantasy Action RPG Bringer Announced — 2 outlets, 27.4h agoNexon Q2 2026: MapleStory and ARC Raiders made so much money that Nexon paid out a special dividend — 2 outlets, 20.6h agoHere's What The Mafia: Definitive Edition Upgrade Looks Like On Xbox Series X — 2 outlets, 36.7h agoArcade Archives Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch sale live, lowest price ever for Ridge Racer and more — 2 outlets, 17.2h agoSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Suffers Significant Leak Online as 4 Minutes of Footage Hits Social Media — 5 outlets, 28h agoSamsung has new Galaxy headphones in the works — 2 outlets, 35.7h agoPokemon Bank shutdown will make 5 Pokemon unobtainable in modern Switch games, and fans want to know when that changes — 2 outlets, 18.5h agoMulholland Drive’s 4K Criterion Collection Edition Drops to a New All-Time Low Price — 2 outlets, 18.5h agoNeverwinter kicks off its Summer Festival with events, mounts, and fashion — 2 outlets, 23.2h agoStar Wars: The Old Republic Is Entering A "New Era" With Its Next Official Release — 2 outlets, 22.1h agoBest team to use in Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising — 2 outlets, 40h agoTop Ranged Classes for PvP Dominance in Mistfall Hunter — 2 outlets, 23.2h agoThe Mandalorian and Grogu Lands Disney+ Release Date After Underperforming in Theaters With $345 Million — 3 outlets, 42.8h agoPlaying Baldur's Gate 3 with no weapons at all forced me to progress my story in a very specific way — 4 outlets, 44.6h agoPocketpair 'not planning to spend a year making a massive update' for Palworld 1.1 — 2 outlets, 17h agoPalworld TCG Creators Apologize For Stock Shortage — 4 outlets, 22.9h agoHigh On Life Is Coming To VR, And Yes, You Can Stroke Your Weird Guns — 4 outlets, 40.4h agoSony Pitches Stressed Out Bear as Its Own Hello Kitty — 2 outlets, 22.1h agoToday’s Top Deals: Best Buy’s MTG Sale, Nioh 3 for PS5, and GameSir G8+ Mobile Controller — 3 outlets, 26.2h agoMonopoly GO Free Dice Rolls Links (August 2026) — 2 outlets, 21.7h agoThe Challenge winner Tyler Duckworth found dead after neighbor reports water leak — 2 outlets, 15.3h agoBeloved Legend of Zelda Games Get New Enhanced 3DS Ports — 2 outlets, 15.3h agoBeast of Reincarnation Director Promises Improvements After Apologizing For Rocky Launch — 3 outlets, 36.1h agoBlood of Dawnwalker takes notes from Guitar Hero for the vampire RPG's parrying: "It's so cool that we believe most people will play this way" — 2 outlets, 19.7h agoNeo Berlin 2087 Set for 2028 — 3 outlets, 40.1h agoSecretlab's Gaming Chairs Are on Sale During the Back to School Sale, Including Its Flagship Nanogen Edition — 2 outlets, 18.2h agoThimbleweed Park 2 Is Being Funded By A Sole 'Wealthy Outsider' — 2 outlets, 19.4h agoThe 7 Most Perfect Cozy Games Like Animal Crossing — 2 outlets, 16.1h agoA dev tried to warn WB Games not to launch Lord of the Rings: War in the North 10 days before Skyrim, but was 'overruled' — 4 outlets, 22.9h agoBlizzard takes rare World of Warcraft mount from players as the MMO's latest crack down on real-money transactions continues — 3 outlets, 20.8h agoThe "greatest speedrun accomplishment of all time" is in sight as two legendary Super Mario Bros runners compete for a time that once seemed impossible — 2 outlets, 19.1h agoUpcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond — 2 outlets, 15h agoBefore Grand Theft Auto Online, GTA 4's multiplayer added 'glorious chaos' to the open world sandbox — 2 outlets, 16.7h agoGhost Recon Breakpoint: How to Unlock the 4-AC (Best AR) — 2 outlets, 14.1h agoBaldur's Gate 3 is like a brand-new game with its most popular combat mod — 3 outlets, 24.8h ago10 Essential GameCube Games Switch 2 Needs ASAP — 4 outlets, 26.2h agoWant More Story In Your Stardew? Fields Of Mistria Is Right Up Your Valley — 5 outlets, 39.5h agoDragon Ball: 6 Best Candidates To Join The Heroes, Ranked — 2 outlets, 18.6h agoLanterns Is Replacing House of the Dragon in HBO's Sunday Slot This Weekend — 2 outlets, 20.1h agoSwitch Online's DK Challenge Now Offering Physical 39-Card Set Reward — 2 outlets, 11.2h agoMarvel's Wolverine Won't Be Repeating Divisive Spider-Man 2 Feature — 8 outlets, 44.1h agoModding the Khajiit lands into Oblivion is still the cat's meow — 2 outlets, 14.4h ago'Marvel Tokon' Reportedly Moves 500K Units In First Week, Kicking Off Sales Figures Debate — 9 outlets, 42.6h agoDisney D23 2026 Entertainment Showcase: Every Major Announcement (Updating Live!) — 3 outlets, 19.4h agoMadden NFL 27 Review: One Step Forward, One Step Back — 4 outlets, 30.2h agoHow To Survive Every Biome In PEAK (All Levels) — 5 outlets, 25.5h agoDisney's Live-Action Tangled Remake Sets 2028 Release Date | D23 2026 — 2 outlets, 13.3h agoOne Piece Officially Unveils The 3 Strongest New Gen Pirates — 3 outlets, 22.6h agoDisney Reveals First Look at Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2 at D23 Fan Event — 2 outlets, 10.1h agoAhsoka season 2 trailer features Anakin, Clone Wars-era flashbacks and Grand Admiral Thrawn declaring war on the Rebel Alliance — 2 outlets, 13.9h agoDisney Dreamlight Valley Teases Fourth Expansion 'The Keepsake Sea' And Jack Sparrow — 2 outlets, 14.9h agoStar Wars: Starfighter teaser shown behind closed doors at D23, read an exclusive description — 3 outlets, 13.3h agoGuide: When Is the Phantom Blade Zero State of Play? — 2 outlets, 18.6h agoMarvel's Releases First Official VisionQuest Trailer at D23 — 4 outlets, 16.7h agoCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's PS5 Beta Includes Campaign Mission for the First Time — 11 outlets, 23.7h agoMarvel's X-Men movie release date, cast, story speculation, and more news — 4 outlets, 25.4h agoDiablo: The Infernal Path Officially Confirmed for Fall 2026 Ahead of BlizzCon — 3 outlets, 17.5h agoUS Senate launches investigation into Roblox: 'Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way' — 8 outlets, 24.4h agoAvengers: Doomsday D23 special look teases a major Doctor Doom moment and the new Marvel mega-villain's backstory — 6 outlets, 19.1h agoName That Game (August 16, 2026) — 2 outlets, 26.1h agoDragon Ball Super 2: 9 Strongest New Transformations, Ranked — 2 outlets, 7.6h agoStalker 2's imminent free update aims to make the sequel more atmospheric and less relentlessly hostile: 'The Zone isn't one constant gunfight' — 2 outlets, 19.9h agoRideshare Stimulator Reportedly Replaced Lead Writer With ChatGPT — 2 outlets, 15h agoGuide: These 25+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming to PS5 Next Week (17th-23rd August) — 2 outlets, 22.2h ago9 Anime Characters Smarter Than Batman — 2 outlets, 13.6h agoBest players for FC 26 Pocket Inspector Evolution — 2 outlets, 15.2h agoAnime Origins Tier List – Best Units [RELEASE] — 2 outlets, 8.6h agoWolverine PS5 Game is Being Compared to Ben 10 — 3 outlets, 22.7h ago5 Reasons The Elder Scrolls 6 Should Be Xbox Exclusive (And 5 Reasons It Shouldn't) — 2 outlets, 2.1h agoHow To Unlock All Achievements In Servant Of The Lake — 3 outlets, 19.4h agoIn the Tranquility of Cycles Quest Trigger Guide In Genshin Impact — 9 outlets, 26.2h agoGameRant Daily Crossword (August 16, 2026) — 3 outlets, 26.1h agoMatt Groening Himself Says The Simpsons: Hit & Run Is 'Coming Back in Some Form' — 4 outlets, 12h agoTalking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 15-16) — 4 outlets, 19.2h agoPixar's Coco Confirmed for Kingdom Hearts 4, Launching on PS5 in Late 2027 — 31 outlets, 24.2h ago
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Publishing volume

Stories per hour, against what the model expects for this hour.

24H AGONOW
published learned expectation

How the algorithm sees today

Where stories fall, and the boundaries the model has learned. These move.

Steady0.26Rising0.53Hot1.63Breaking2.51
97 clustered stories in this window

How stories spread

Outlet pickup across each story’s life. A steep climb is a scheduled drop.

Pixar's Coco Confirmed for Kingdom Hearts 4, Launching on PS5 in Late 2027 — 31 outlets over 24.2hCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's PS5 Beta Includes Campaign Mission for the First Time — 11 outlets over 23.7hIn the Tranquility of Cycles Quest Trigger Guide In Genshin Impact — 9 outlets over 26.2h'Marvel Tokon' Reportedly Moves 500K Units In First Week, Kicking Off Sales Figures Debate — 9 outlets over 42.6hUS Senate launches investigation into Roblox: 'Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way' — 8 outlets over 24.4h

Breaking now

Fastest pickup, still growing.

Just published

Newest first, updating live.

Biggest clusters

Most outlets on one story.

Who breaks it first

How often each outlet published first, over 310 clusters.

  • Gamerant 70% · 3 stories
  • Gematsu 68% · 21 stories
  • Xbox Wire 61% · 3 stories
  • Pocket Gamer 61% · 3 stories
  • Dexerto – Games 58% · 14 stories
  • GameRant 55% · 57 stories
  • RPGamer 55% · 17 stories
  • PlayStation Blog 55% · 6 stories

How far behind

Median minutes behind the first report.

  • GameRant first · 31 stories
  • GamesRadar+ first · 31 stories
  • Nintendo Life first · 7 stories
  • Nintendo Everything first · 5 stories
  • Massively OP first · 5 stories
  • Pure Xbox first · 3 stories
  • Google News – Video Games +9m · 10 stories
  • GameSpot +10m · 8 stories
  • IGN +49m · 28 stories
  • Gematsu +70m · 6 stories

Most active outlets

Output this window, and how much was original.

  • GamesRadar+ 18 first · 28 total
  • GameRant 17 first · 46 total
  • IGN 13 first · 26 total
  • Polygon 7 first · 22 total
  • GameSpot 4 first · 6 total
  • Nintendo Life 4 first · 5 total
  • Massively OP 3 first · 16 total
  • TheGamer 3 first · 13 total

What the press is chasing

Games by total reach.

  • kingdom hearts 34 reach · 2 stories
  • grand theft auto vi 14 reach · 7 stories
  • marvel s wolverine 11 reach · 2 stories
  • genshin impact 11 reach · 2 stories
  • it doesn 9 reach · 4 stories
  • it wasn 9 reach · 4 stories
  • madden nfl 9 reach · 3 stories
  • doom 9 reach · 2 stories

Shape of the window

Every story by level. Most news is carried by a single outlet.

Breaking 1
Hot 15
Rising 21
Steady 49
Quiet 11
Solo 173

Levels are cut at the learned 40th, 75th, 90th and 97th percentiles of heat = outlets^0.6 × (1 + pickups per hour) × freshness, measured over the last 2000 readings. Because the cut-points come from the site’s own recent history rather than fixed numbers, the same story can be “Hot” in a quiet week and “Steady” during a showcase. Breaking additionally requires the cluster to still be growing. Current cut-points: 0.26 / 0.53 / 1.63 / 2.51.

How these numbers are measured

Where the data comes from

The Daily Game News aggregates gaming coverage from 28 outlets and groups reports of the same event into a single cluster. Nothing here is scraped from a third-party analytics service: every figure on this page is derived from that clustering, which is what makes “how many outlets ran this” answerable at all.

Reach, velocity and heat

Reach is the number of distinct outlets in a cluster. Velocity is how many joined in the last three hours — deliberately a current measure, because outlets-per-hour since publication simply rewards a story for being new. Heat combines the two with a freshness decay, and it is heat that the level labels are drawn from.

Why the thresholds move

A fixed threshold is wrong most of the day: six outlets in an hour is a frenzy at 04:00 and unremarkable during a showcase. Instead the site keeps a rolling sample of recent heat values and reads the boundaries off its own percentiles, so the labels keep their meaning as the news cycle changes. The model state shown in the sidebar is that sample, and its adaptation rate.

What “first” means

An outlet is credited with breaking a story when its timestamp is the earliest in the cluster. Because syndication and feed delays make any single observation noisy, scoop rates are smoothed toward the site-wide average in proportion to how little history an outlet has. Lag is reported as a median for the same reason.