RECAP2020-W322 AUG TO 9 AUG 2020
Week of 2 Aug 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
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
60
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
90
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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▲ +5100%
Fall Guys
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13
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
CL
SB
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Marvel's Avengers
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7
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
SB
LC
MM
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn
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6
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
KC
DM
CK
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 Hitman 3, Marvel's Avengers, Horizon Forbidden West
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Bugsnax, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Fall Guys
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Bite the Bullet, Boomerang Fu, Brunch Club
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Blightbound, Frog Fractions, SnakeLike
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Horizon Zero Dawn, Death Stranding
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 55 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.