RECAP2020-W5113 DEC TO 20 DEC 2020
Week of 13 Dec 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
103
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
72
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
104
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.
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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Borderlands 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Rps
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Game of the Year, The Last of Us Part II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
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Katharine Castle
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Kalimba, Press Play
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
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Michael McWhertorPolygon
Writing about Back 4 Blood
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 67 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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Robert Reed
GamesRadar+·18 Dec 2020
Best Shots review: New Mutants #14 gives "a new, yet familiar, purpose for this team"review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.