RECAP2020-W4211 OCT TO 18 OCT 2020
Week of 11 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
102
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
69
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
54
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +2700%
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
RM
FG
BS
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
TP
FG
KC
TRENDING▲ +833%
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
SW
AP
AW
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 Dirt 5, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Ori and the Will of the Wisps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Partisans 1941, Space Crew: Legendary Edition
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about FIFA 21, Hardcore Mecha, Ikenfell
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SG
Stuart Gipp
Writing about Avicii Invector, I Am Dead, Projection: First Light
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RM
Ryan McCaffreyIGN
Writing about Yakuza, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Gears Tactics
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 64 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
AP
Ash Parrish
Kotaku
Kotaku·14 Oct 2020
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit: The Kotaku ReviewreviewonMario Kart Live: Home Circuit
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.