RECAP2020-W079 FEB TO 16 FEB 2020
Week of 9 Feb 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
94
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
64
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
74
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about The Pedestrian, The Sims 4, The Longing
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Among Ripples: Shallow Waters, Halo 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Dreams, Rugby 20, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Beyond Good & Evil, Knights and Bikes, Mass Effect 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Dreams, Slay the Spire
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 59 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.