RECAP2021-W0317 JAN TO 24 JAN 2021
Week of 17 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
65
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
49
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
36
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, The Medium
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about What Comes After
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Bezier, Everspace 2, What Comes After
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Hitman 3, Writhe
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Yakuza 5
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 44 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.