RECAP2020-W285 JUL TO 12 JUL 2020
Week of 5 Jul 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
96
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
68
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
MW
SW
GL
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
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8
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
AB
LC
MP
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Watch Dogs: Legion
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6
PIECES
5 writers · 6 outlets
AB
LC
JG
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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Alice Bell
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077, Stardew Valley
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Bounty Battle, Dunk Lords, #Funtime
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Dead Rising 2, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, Fallout 76
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Blood Bowl 2, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 63 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
C
Cblogrecaps
Destructoid·11 Jul 2020
Cblogs of 7/4 to 7/19/2020: The Last of Us opinions, Donkey Kong beats, and Brazilian gamingnews
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Kurt Kalata
Nintendo Life·10 Jul 2020
Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon 2 (Switch) - Another Faithful Tribute To The Classic 2D CastlevaniasreviewonBloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
DP
David Pepose
GamesRadar+·7 Jul 2020
Best Shots Review - DCeased: Dead Planet #1 "might even be better than the first series"review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.