RECAP2020-W3019 JUL TO 26 JUL 2020
Week of 19 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
117
+17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
81
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
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.
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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Cubers: Arena, Destroy All Humans!, Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
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Nate Crowley
Writing about Halo Infinite, A Total War Saga: Troy, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Tsushima, Lake, Creaks
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2).
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Katharine Castle
Writing about Röki, Death Stranding
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
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Stuart Gipp
Writing about Monster Prom: XXL, Panzer Paladin, Lost Wing
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 76 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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James Mielke
Polygon·26 Jul 2020
Yuji Naka looks back at Sega’s Dreamcast action RPG Phantasy Star Online, 20 years laterinterview
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Andru Marino
The Verge·24 Jul 2020
Vergecast: Big Tech antitrust hearing preview and the Xbox Games Showcase breakdownpreview
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Taylor Lyles
The Verge·23 Jul 2020
Watch how the Nintendo Switch runs Crysis Remastered in Digital Foundry’s graphical reviewreviewonCrysis Remastered & Foundry
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Justin Partridge
GamesRadar+·22 Jul 2020
Best Shots Review: Hellions #2 "absolutely stands out amid the 'Dawn of X' pack" (9/10)review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.