RECAP2020-W155 APR TO 12 APR 2020
Week of 5 Apr 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
87
-26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
61
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
68
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +700%
Final Fantasy VII Remake
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10
PIECES
6 writers · 7 outlets
SW
RR
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
MR
PD
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Minecraft Dungeons
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
TP
AA
CS
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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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Apex Legends, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Bloodborne
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Doom Eternal, Heat Signature, The Red Strings Club
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Gunbrick: Reloaded, Paper Beast, Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
RM
Ryan McCaffreyIGN
Writing about Disintegration, Saints Row: The Third
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about The Double
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 56 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
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Omri Wallach
Rock Paper Shotgun·7 Apr 2020
Game composers and YouTubers are in a murky battle for copyright controlfeature
C
Carolyn-Petit
Polygon·6 Apr 2020
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a flawed, but fascinating, reimagining of a classicreviewonFinal Fantasy: 20th Anniversary Edition
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.