RECAP2020-W451 NOV TO 8 NOV 2020
Week of 1 Nov 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
112
-10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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.
TRENDING▲ +700%
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
14 writers · 12 outlets
ET
LC
FG
TRENDING▲ +3900%
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
CC
LH
AW
TRENDING▲ +700%
Dirt 5
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
RW
FG
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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.
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Astro's Playroom, Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia, Borderlands 3: Designer's Cut
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
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Andrew WebsterThe Verge
Writing about Astro's Playroom, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (4).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Dirt 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Bloodborne
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Bugsnax, Goodbye Volcano High, Octodad: Dadliest Catch
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 69 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
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Ken Horowitz
Nintendo Life·8 Nov 2020
How A Donkey Kong Clone Almost Scuppered Nintendo's Ambitions In The WestfeatureonThe West
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Kazuma Hashimoto
Aftermath
Polygon·4 Nov 2020
Yakuza: Like a Dragon reinvigorates the series, but can’t shake all of Yakuza’s flawsreviewonYakuza: Like a Dragon
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Demi Williams
GamesRadar+·2 Nov 2020
David Cage compares the PS5 and Xbox Series X in a new interviewinterviewonDetroit: Become Human
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.