RECAP2020-W2224 MAY TO 31 MAY 2020
Week of 24 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
108
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
67
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▲ +800%
Minecraft Dungeons
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11
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
TP
SW
AW
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
TN
JD
CC
TRENDING▲ +567%
Crucible
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
MP
MC
DT
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 Ape Out, Bad North, From Dust
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Fast Travel: Loot Delivery Service, Star Wars Battlefront II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Batman: Arkham Knight, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Mortal Kombat X
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Bad North, StarGazing
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Fast & Furious: Crossroads, MotoGP 20, NASCAR Heat 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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.