RECAP2021-W1725 APR TO 2 MAY 2021
Week of 25 Apr 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
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
66
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
41
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.
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 Resident Evil Village, Second Extinction, Game of the Year
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about Destroy All Humans!, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Second Extinction
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Nier Replicant
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Total War: Rome Remastered, Expeditions: Rome
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Death Stranding, Exo One
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 61 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.