RECAP2021-W2918 JUL TO 25 JUL 2021
Week of 18 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
106
+34% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
69
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
98
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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 Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Batman: Arkham Collection, Battlefield 1
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (4), Saturday (2).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about New World: Aeternum, Lost in Random, Final Fantasy XIV Online
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Sunday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Last Stop
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Resident Evil Village, Mini Motorways
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Kind Words
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 64 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.