RECAP2020-W468 NOV TO 15 NOV 2020
Week of 8 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
139
+24% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
85
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
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▲ +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
OUT NOW
18
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
NC
AB
SA
TRENDING▲ +4700%
Bugsnax
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
ST
LW
SC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Pathless
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
CD
TO
AR
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
OUT NOW
7 writers · 6 outlets
▲ +2700%
Godfall
OUT NOW
6 writers · 6 outlets
▲ +2300%
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUT NOW
3 writers · 4 outlets
-43%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
OUT NOW
3 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1100%
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
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 Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Godfall
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about The Pathless, Bugsnax, Tetris Effect: Connected
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
NC
Nicole CarpenterAftermath
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bloodborne, Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Zombies Chronicles, Days Gone
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 80 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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Sisi-Jiang
Polygon·12 Nov 2020
Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s shop mini-game turned me into a corporate selloutopiniononYakuza: Like a Dragon
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Reid McCarter
Kotaku
VG247·9 Nov 2020
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review: A Legacy's BurdenreviewonAssassin's Creed Valhalla
MH
Malindy Hetfield
VG247·9 Nov 2020
Bugsnax review - a delightfully weird journey that stumbles over its desire to be something morereviewonBugsnax
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.