RECAP2021-W0424 JAN TO 31 JAN 2021
Week of 24 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
95
+46% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
64
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
50
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Bonkies, Concrete Genie, Cyber Shadow
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood, Ghost of a Tale, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Gods Will Fall, Nuts, Skul: The Hero Slayer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Curious Expedition 2, Dishonored 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Colossus Down, Timothy and the Mysterious Forest, Disjunction
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 59 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
K
Kazuma-Hashimoto
Polygon·30 Jan 2021
The cyberpunk genre has been Orientalist for decades — but it doesn’t have to beopinion
NR
Nicole Rennolds
Screen Rant·28 Jan 2021
Every Historical Figure In Assassin's Creed OdysseynewsonAssassin's Creed Odyssey
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.