RECAP2021-W013 JAN TO 10 JAN 2021
Week of 3 Jan 2021The 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
66
-28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
50
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
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▲ +1500%
Hitman 3
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
RM
AB
MR
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Super Meat Boy Forever
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
CM
BR
ME
TRENDING▲ +1100%
The Medium
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
RM
HB
DH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Teardown
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +1100%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +167%
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
-27%
Airborne Kingdom
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Neoverse, Outbreak: The New Nightmare, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Complete Edition
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Teardown
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
TP
Tom PhillipsIGN
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Teardown, TimeMelters
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CT
Chris TapsellEurogamer
Writing about The Elder Scrolls VI
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 45 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
MB
Max Blumenthal
GameSpot·9 Jan 2021
9 Things We Want To See In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2news References sequel onWiLD
EL
Evan Langer
GameSpot·9 Jan 2021
9 Things We Want To See In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2news References sequel onWiLD
HB
Hope Bellingham
GamesRadar+·5 Jan 2021
Xbox console exclusive The Medium gets an extended and eerie gameplay previewpreviewonThe Medium
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.