RECAP2020-W025 JAN TO 12 JAN 2020
Week of 5 Jan 2020The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
87
+53% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
66
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
127
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Half-Life: Alyx, Cake Bash, Halo Infinite
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
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Sin Vega
Writing about Wildermyth, Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York, The Void
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about A Way Out, AO Tennis 2, Life Is Strange 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
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Matt Cox
Writing about AO Tennis 2, Into the Breach
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Alice O'Connor
Writing about VVVVVV, Monster Hunter: World, Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 61 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
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John J. Harney
Rock Paper Shotgun·8 Jan 2020
Wolfenstein: Youngblood's impossible 80s setting makes you want to save the worldfeatureonWolfenstein: Youngblood
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.