RECAP2020-W2621 JUN TO 28 JUN 2020
Week of 21 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
94
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
67
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +833%
Cyberpunk 2077
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10
PIECES
7 writers · 5 outlets
AD
MM
KW
TRENDING▲ +700%
Pokémon Sword
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
TN
AW
CT
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CA
FJ
JD
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 Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Avengers, The Last of Us Part II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Curious Expedition 2, Griftlands, Monster Train
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CS
Chris ScullionNintendo Life
Writing about Namco Museum, Pokémon Café Mix, Pokémon Smile
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Alphadia Genesis, Clash Force, Hunting Simulator 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 62 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
RC
Ruth Cassidy
Rock Paper Shotgun·24 Jun 2020
How Supergiant Games made the hack’n’slash accessible with HadesfeatureonHades
AN
Ari Notis
Polygon
Kotaku·24 Jun 2020
Marvel's Avengers Assembled Today For A More In-Depth PreviewpreviewonMarvel's Avengers
DL
Dr Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston
Eurogamer·22 Jun 2020
Final Fantasy 7 - the perfect queer epic for Pride in lockdownfeatureonFinal Fantasy VII International
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.