RECAP2020-W193 MAY TO 10 MAY 2020
Week of 3 May 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
-28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
106
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Fledgling Heroes, SuperMash
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Legends of Runeterra
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Ghostrunner
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 57 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
CA
Colm Ahern
Eurogamer
Rock Paper Shotgun·4 May 2020
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.