RECAP2020-W3416 AUG TO 23 AUG 2020
Week of 16 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
96
+17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
72
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
49
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 Death and Taxes, Spiritfarer, The Bradwell Conspiracy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Planet Coaster: Console Edition, Tennis World Tour 2, Train Sim World 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Sunday (1).
CS
Chris ScullionNintendo Life
Writing about Arcade Archives: Super Punch-Out!!, Battletoads, King of Fighters R-2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CP
Craig Pearson
Writing about Dreamscaper, Microsoft Flight Simulator
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
VB
Vikki BlakeEurogamer
Writing about Battletoads, Hyper Scape
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 67 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
BH
Brett Hoover
Screen Rant·17 Aug 2020
The 22 Most Powerful Monsters In The Resident Evil Games, RankednewsonThe Resident
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.