RECAP2020-W5220 DEC TO 27 DEC 2020
Week of 20 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
119
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
211
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▲ +13%
Cyberpunk 2077
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
9 writers · 7 outlets
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AB
RR
TRENDING▲ +300%
Ghost of Tsushima
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11
PIECES
8 writers · 5 outlets
RW
BS
BR
TRENDING▲ +367%
Final Fantasy VII Remake
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10
PIECES
7 writers · 5 outlets
RW
BS
AD
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Last of Us Part II
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7 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +250%
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
OUT NOW
6 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +380%
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
OUT NOW
6 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +200%
Astro's Playroom
OUT NOW
5 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1900%
Hades
OUT NOW
5 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +233%
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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Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Two Point Hospital, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Star Trek: Conquest
FILED
13 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Friday (3), Saturday (5).
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Rps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman 3, Injustice 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Graham Banas
Writing about The Pathless, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, Abzu
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Rachel WeberIGN
Writing about Genshin Impact, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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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Liam Richardson
Push Square·26 Dec 2020
Game of the Year: Video Liam's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2020rounduponGhost of Tsushima+ 4 more
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Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner
Nintendo Life·26 Dec 2020
How Nintendo And A Band Of Teenage High Score Obsessives Created The Idea Of The Pro Gamerfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.