RECAP2020-W4715 NOV TO 22 NOV 2020
Week of 15 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
124
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
86
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
61
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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▲ +1767%
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
MM
AP
PH
TRENDING▲ +1200%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
LC
DC
DJ
TRENDING▲ +700%
Cyberpunk 2077
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
TM
AO
SN
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Astro's Playroom, Cyberpunk 2077, Days Gone
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (7).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Black Friday, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, Bloodborne
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Fuser, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Madden NFL 21
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Godfall, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 81 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
JM
Julie Muncy
VG247·20 Nov 2020
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Review: Status Quo With a Slick Paranoiac SheenreviewonCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
EG
Elliot Gardner
VG247·19 Nov 2020
World of Warcraft Shadowlands Interview: Blizzard talks delays, balance, bosses, and minority representationinterviewonWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands
YC
Yussef Cole
Polygon·17 Nov 2020
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s campaign plays games with historyreviewonCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
JR
Justin R.R Gieni
Pure Xbox·17 Nov 2020
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Another Chance To Revisit The Classics On Series XreviewonHalo: The Master Chief Collection
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.