RECAP2020-W1826 APR TO 3 MAY 2020
Week of 26 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
130
+55% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
85
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
72
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
Gears Tactics
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
12 writers · 12 outlets
ZZ
WF
FG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Streets of Rage 4
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
WF
BC
CP
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Predator: Hunting Grounds
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
JD
CT
JC
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Gauntlet
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (5).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Bad North, For Honor
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (3).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Call of Duty: Warzone, Playne, Project Winter
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Telling Lies, The Persistence
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Construction Simulator 3, Gun Crazy, HyperParasite
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 80 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.