RECAP2020-W2728 JUN TO 5 JUL 2020
Week of 28 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
97
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
70
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
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Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Blair Witch, Catherine: Full Body, Ninjala
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Matt Cox
Writing about Race for the Galaxy, Valorant
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Martin Robinson
Writing about Hyper Scape, Mr. Driller: Drill Land, Trackmania
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Kimberley Wallace
Writing about Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia, Granblue Fantasy: Versus
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
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Stuart Gipp
Writing about Star Wars: Episode I - Racer, Ultracore, Urban Flow
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 69 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
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Bonnie-Qu
Polygon·30 Jun 2020
A Summer’s End is a rare queer romance that goes where most games won’topiniononA Summer's End: Hong Kong 1986
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Matt Bassil
Rock Paper Shotgun·29 Jun 2020
Modders are making ambitious things in Bannerlord, even without modding toolsfeatureonMount & Blade II: Bannerlord
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.