RECAP2021-W2413 JUN TO 20 JUN 2021
Week of 13 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
98
-27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
96
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.
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 eFootball PES 2021 Season Update, Reaction
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
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Eric van AllenGame Informer
Writing about Game Builder Garage, Guilty Gear: Strive, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about A Plague Tale: Innocence, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
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Nate Crowley
Writing about Jurassic World Evolution 2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Starfield
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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Alice Bell
Writing about Minute of Islands
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 57 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.