RECAP2021-W236 JUN TO 13 JUN 2021
Week of 6 Jun 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
134
+84% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
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▲ +450%
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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13
PIECES
11 writers · 11 outlets
SB
JW
SW
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Battlefield 2042
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9
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
BC
MM
AB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
ZH
RV
CD
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Back 4 Blood, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
FILED
14 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (4), Saturday (3), Sunday (4).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about The Bunker, The Ascent, Battlefield 2042
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Elden Ring, Going Medieval, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Sunday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Babylon's Fall
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
CH
Cole Henry
Polygon·8 Jun 2021
Necromunda: Hired Gun’s setting is its only real strengthreviewonNecromunda: Hired Gun
NE
Nathan Ellingsworth
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·7 Jun 2021
Soapbox: Without A Dedicated Handheld Division, Is Nintendo Less Weird?opinion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.