RECAP2020-W3920 SEPT TO 27 SEPT 2020
Week of 20 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
94
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
66
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
60
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▲ +967%
Mafia: Definitive Edition
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
RW
CT
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
DR
MD
MS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Serious Sam 4
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
TW
CC
AK
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Inertial Drift, Share
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
HS
Henry Stockdale
Writing about Bake 'n Switch, Going Under, Unrailed!
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Pendragon
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, The Last of Us Part II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Spelunky 2, Unrailed!
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 61 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.