RECAP2020-W0816 FEB TO 23 FEB 2020
Week of 16 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
86
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
59
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
61
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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Nate Crowley
Writing about Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Among Ripples: Shallow Waters, Europa Universalis II
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about The Sims 4, The Suicide of Rachel Foster, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Draugen, Game of the Year, Persona 5 Royal
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Wednesday (1).
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Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Brief Battles, Code: Realize - Guardian of Rebirth, Darksiders Genesis
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, Knightin'+, Shenmue II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 54 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
JJ
James Jarvis
GamesRadar+·20 Feb 2020
The 6 biggest changes in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2newsonFortnite: Chapter 2 - Season 2
JR
Jim Rossignol
VG247·17 Feb 2020
Hunt: Showdown review - an unforgiving, nasty piece of work, where you will die bleeding in a hedgereviewonHunt: Showdown 1896
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.