RECAP2020-W1215 MAR TO 22 MAR 2020
Week of 15 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
115
+22% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
81
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
65
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.
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Doom Eternal
OUT NOW
18
PIECES
16 writers · 13 outlets
RM
EE
BC
TRENDING▲ +344%
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
IW
AW
CA
TRENDING▲ +33%
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
VB
FG
NO
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.
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Among Ripples: Shallow Waters, Builders of Egypt
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Doom Eternal, Game of the Year, Untitled Goose Game
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Doom 64, Gears 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Death and Taxes, The Sims 4
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Persona 5 Royal, Assassin's Creed Odyssey
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 76 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.