RECAP2020-W1612 APR TO 19 APR 2020
Week of 12 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
67
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
53
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
43
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
TurboGrafx-16 Mini
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
CC
JC
SG
TRENDING 0%
Final Fantasy VII Remake
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
RR
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Beyond a Steel Sky
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
AB
DJ
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Red Dead Redemption 2
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
-73%
No Man's Sky
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
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 Beyond a Steel Sky, House Flipper, Neo Cab
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Random Heroes, Rush Rover, Super Destronaut: Land Wars
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Cat Girl, Chapeau, Totally Reliable Delivery Service
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Receiver 2, Valorant
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Iron Danger, Lord of the Rings
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 48 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
MM
Mark Mills
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Apr 2020
Achaea: the game where microtransactions cost hundreds of dollarsfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.