RECAP2021-W3025 JUL TO 1 AUG 2021
Week of 25 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
135
+27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
96
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
62
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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▲ +1020%
Halo Infinite
OUT NOW
17
PIECES
14 writers · 9 outlets
WY
DH
EM
TRENDING▲ +4300%
The Ascent
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13
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
SS
JC
RM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
NEO: The World Ends with You
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
KW
MH
MF
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 Tribes of Midgard, Omno, The Forgotten City
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Microsoft Flight Simulator, New Heights, Summer Sale
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (3), Friday (1).
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about Halo Infinite, The Ascent
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Chernobylite, The Ascent, Tribes of Midgard
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Halo Infinite
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 91 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
VJ
Veerender Jubbal
Nintendo Life·31 Jul 2021
Pokemon Unite (Switch) - Pokémon Divides In Free-To-Start MOBAreviewonPokémon Unite
OK
Otto Kratky
GameSpot·30 Jul 2021
The Halo Infinite Technical Preview Is Live Until August 2previewonHalo Infinite
EP
Emma Partlow
Polygon·28 Jul 2021
Warhammer Age of Sigmar’s third edition launch firms up the flagging franchisereview
KH
Kaile Hultner
Polygon·26 Jul 2021
Neo: The World Ends With You is a competent RPG haunted by its predecessorreviewonNEO: The World Ends with You
TH
Todd Harper
Polygon·26 Jul 2021
Koei Tecmo’s Samurai Warriors 5 is, well, some more MusoureviewonSamurai Warriors 5
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.