RECAP2021-W2123 MAY TO 30 MAY 2021
Week of 23 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
+2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
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.
KK
Kurt Kalata
Writing about Magical Drop II, Spanky's Quest, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (4).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Biomutant, Strangeland
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Halo Infinite
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Huntdown
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (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
CK
Chris King
Polygon·27 May 2021
If role-playing teaches improvisation, then Blades in the Dark is a master classreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.