RECAP2021-W107 MAR TO 14 MAR 2021
Week of 7 Mar 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
86
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Marvel's Avengers, NieR: Automata, Pacer
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
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Kate Gray
Writing about After All, Stardew Valley, Super Mario 3D All-Stars
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about A Musical Story, Electroplankton, Neurodeck
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Ed Thorn
Writing about Valheim
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
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Nate Crowley
Writing about Stronghold: Warlords
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 58 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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Trent Cannon
Nintendo Life·9 Mar 2021
Gnosia (Switch) - A Deceptively Deep Experience Hiding Behind A Simple PremisereviewonGnosia
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.