RECAP2020-W4318 OCT TO 25 OCT 2020
Week of 18 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
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 15 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.
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 Baldur's Gate III, Cyberpunk 2077, Amnesia: Rebirth
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (4).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Watch Dogs: Legion, Carto, Ghostrunner
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Crown Trick, HyperBrawl Tournament, Tennis World Tour 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about ScourgeBringer, Horace
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3).
SG
Stuart Gipp
Writing about G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, Horace, MindSeize
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), 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.