RECAP2020-W2514 JUN TO 21 JUN 2020
Week of 14 Jun 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
98
-29% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
50
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Beyond Blue, Humankind, Star Wars: Squadrons
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (6).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Mirror's Edge Catalyst, The Double, Torchlight III
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Beatdown, Combat Core, Rocket Arena
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about FIFA 21, It Takes Two, Lost in Random
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 58 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.