RECAP2020-W376 SEPT TO 13 SEPT 2020
Week of 6 Sept 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
99
-10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
52
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.
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 Reaction, NBA 2K21, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Reaction
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about MO:Astray, Okunoka Madness, Minoria
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Hyper Scape, Immortals Fenyx Rising
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Bounty Battle, Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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.