RECAP2020-W0923 FEB TO 1 MAR 2020
Week of 23 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
96
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
76
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
62
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bloodroots, Ganbare! Super Strikers, PlayStation Classic
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
BR
Ben Reeves
Writing about Baldur's Gate III, Resident Evil 3
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Metro Redux
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Baldur's Gate III, RimWorld
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (3).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about SimCity 2000, Two Point Hospital
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 71 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
CC
Courtney Craven
VG247·25 Feb 2020
The best (Darksiders Genesis) and worst (Kentucky Route Zero) games of the month in terms of accessibilityrounduponZombie Army 4: Dead War+ 2 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.