RECAP2020-W2331 MAY TO 7 JUN 2020
Week of 31 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
91
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
58
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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▲ +367%
The Last of Us Part II
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
SB
JJ
SC
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Valorant
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
CC
MP
MC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
JD
CS
BK
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 Mutazione, Spacebase Startopia, The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about The Last of Us Part II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Monster Train, Valorant
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about A Night at the Races, The Double
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1).
SG
Stuart Gipp
Writing about Borderlands Legendary Collection, Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, Liberated
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (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
DA
Dave Aubrey
VG247·3 Jun 2020
Apex Legends interview - SBMM, Titans, story, secrets, Pathfinder nerf, and moreinterviewonApex Legends & Pathfinder
M
Maddy-Myers
Polygon·1 Jun 2020
The Last of Us Part 2 co-writer: ‘There are no heroes or villains’previewonThe Last of Us Part II
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.