RECAP2020-W339 AUG TO 16 AUG 2020
Week of 9 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
82
-15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
55
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
62
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.
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Fast & Furious: Crossroads, Hyper Scape
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Post Void, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Thousand Threads
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Astro's Playroom, Deathloop, Godfall
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Delay
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Fall Guys, Risk of Rain 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 50 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
JC
Jon Cartwright
Pure Xbox·15 Aug 2020
Hands On: Project xCloud Works Almost Impossibly WellpreviewonOri and the Blind Forest+ 8 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.