RECAP2020-W4929 NOV TO 6 DEC 2020
Week of 29 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
144
+103% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
72
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
101
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Animal Crossing: Wild World, Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, Battletoads
FILED
25 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (20), Saturday (1).
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, Missile Dancer
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Thursday (6).
MV
Mitch VogelNintendo Life
Writing about Afterparty, Loot Box, Picross S5
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
R
Rps
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Immortals Fenyx Rising
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 67 writers filed this week.
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03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
FG
Frank Gasking
Nintendo Life·2 Dec 2020
The Story Of Virtual Tank, A Lost Virtual Boy Successor To Atari's BattlezonefeatureonThe Story Of
CG
Christian Guyton
PC Gamer
GamesRadar+·1 Dec 2020
ROG Strix Scope RX review: “A worthy successor to the original Strix Scope”review
TC
Tyler Colp
PC Gamer
Polygon·30 Nov 2020
Immortals Fenyx Rising review: This open world should have stayed smallreviewonImmortals Fenyx Rising
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.