RECAP2021-W274 JUL TO 11 JUL 2021
Week of 4 Jul 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
69
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
39
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
68
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▲ +967%
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
8 writers · 9 outlets
CC
DL
MH
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Deathloop
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
3 writers · 2 outlets
SB
RR
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Boomerang X
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
OR
JD
ET
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Horizon Forbidden West
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +700%
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
A Plague Tale: Innocence
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +167%
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +33%
Watch Dogs: Legion
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Watch Dogs: Legion, Two Point Hospital, Mass Effect: Andromeda
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Bloodroots, Farming Simulator 19, Football
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Horizon Forbidden West, Deathloop, The Outer Worlds
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding: Director's Cut, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Arcadegeddon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about City Wars: Tokyo Reign, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 34 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
NS
Neil Smith
GamesRadar+·9 Jul 2021
Stillwater review: "Matt Damon’s sturdy presence just about holds it together"reviewonStillwater
DB
Dieter Bohn
The Verge·9 Jul 2021
Nintendo Switch OLED hands-on: a small upgrade that makes a big differencepreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.