RECAP2020-W2117 MAY TO 24 MAY 2020
Week of 17 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
113
+36% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
72
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
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.
TRENDING▲ +4300%
Maneater
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11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
RW
ZZ
BC
TRENDING▲ +2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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8
PIECES
7 writers · 4 outlets
RR
OW
RP
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
RM
AB
RR
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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Alice Bell
Writing about Close to the Sun, Saints Row: The Third Remastered, Old Gods Rising
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Stoneshard
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Project Awakening, Resident Evil Village
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Nate Crowley
Writing about Maneater, Minecraft Dungeons, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Looking Back
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 67 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
EM
Emma Matthews
PC Gamer·19 May 2020
Crucible hands-on: Amazon's new team-based shooter is a pick and mix of genrespreviewonCrucible
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.