RECAP2021-W1114 MAR TO 21 MAR 2021
Week of 14 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
89
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
53
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +300%
Loop Hero
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
BL
CD
JB
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
3 writers · 2 outlets
KG
GL
AW
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Mundaun
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
AK
LC
MS
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Kaze and the Wild Masks
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
OUT NOW
2 writers · 3 outlets
Can't Drive This
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Marvel's Avengers
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
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.
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Disintegration, Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee, Loop Hero
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Harvest Moon: One World
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Half-Life: Alyx, PGA Tour 2K21, Reaction
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Divinity: Original Sin II, Valheim, Yakuza
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, LoveCraft
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 48 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.