RECAP2021-W199 MAY TO 16 MAY 2021
Week of 9 May 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
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
60
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
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.
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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8
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
AB
AM
JR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Subnautica: Below Zero
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
BC
SB
JD
TRENDING▲ +700%
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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8
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
MM
AW
SB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir
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6 writers · 6 outlets
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Scarlet Nexus
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5 writers · 5 outlets
Hood: Outlaws & Legends
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4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Total War: Warhammer III
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
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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Alice Bell
Writing about Distant Kingdoms, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Twelve Minutes
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Looking Back, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Resident Evil Village
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Among Us, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Deiland: Pocket Planet
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Blood & Truth, Freedom Wars
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Subnautica: Below Zero, Subnautica + Subnautica Below Zero Double Pack
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 55 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
JF
Jordan Farley
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·12 May 2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw review: "The most political horror movie since Get Out"review
DM
Dani Maddox
Polygon·12 May 2021
Famicom Detective Club remake is a celebration of text-based mystery gamesreviewonFamicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.