RECAP2020-W414 OCT TO 11 OCT 2020
Week of 4 Oct 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
85
-18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
41
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about I Am Dead, Watch Dogs: Legion
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about I Am Dead, Super Mario Bros. 35
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
TP
Tom PhillipsIGN
Writing about Pikmin 3 Deluxe
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Baldur's Gate III, Divinity
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 58 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
MF
Matthew Finn
Pure Xbox·9 Oct 2020
Soapbox: Why FIFA 21's Release Marks My Favourite Day Of The YearopiniononFIFA 21
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.