RECAP2020-W118 MAR TO 15 MAR 2020
Week of 8 Mar 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
75
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
57
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 Diablo II, Murder by Numbers, Stardew Valley
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Comix Zone
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
OT
Ollie TomsRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
AW
Austin WoodGamesRadar+
Writing about Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Season of the Worthy, Ori and the Will of the Wisps
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 70 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.