RECAP2020-W3126 JUL TO 2 AUG 2020
Week of 26 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
98
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
114
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about The Sims 4, Maid of Sker, Spiritfarer
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Dreams, Final Fantasy VII Remake
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Fight Crab, Megaquarium
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Star Wars: The Old Republic
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Dreams
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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
YT
Yoshiaki Takahashi
IGN·29 Jul 2020
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.