RECAP2020-W2010 MAY TO 17 MAY 2020
Week of 10 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
83
-12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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
Ghost of Tsushima
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9
PIECES
7 writers · 3 outlets
SB
MK
CS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Wonderful 101: Remastered
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
MS
LC
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Super Mega Baseball 3
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5
PIECES
4 writers · 5 outlets
CL
SB
CR
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 Ghost of Tsushima, Bloodborne, Blood & Truth
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Tsushima, Kingdom Hearts III, Remothered: Broken Porcelain
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Occupy White Walls, Valorant
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Ghost of Tsushima, PGA Tour 2K21
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), 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
LG
Liam Geraghty
Eurogamer·15 May 2020
The Double-A Team: Mercenaries' Playground of Destruction was a lesson in open-world chaosfeatureonThe Double
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.