RECAP2021-W2627 JUN TO 4 JUL 2021
Week of 27 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
86
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
106
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
ST
EV
BR
TRENDING▲ +71%
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
KC
BR
AB
TRENDING▲ +71%
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
MM
ZH
SG
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +1100%
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +100%
Hitman 3
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
A Plague Tale: Innocence
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective, Summertime Madness, The Witness
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 A Plague Tale: Innocence
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Among Us, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, N++
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective, The Longest Road on Earth
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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
AA
Adele Ankers-Range
IGN·2 Jul 2021
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.