RECAP2021-W311 AUG TO 8 AUG 2021
Week of 1 Aug 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
79
-41% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
55
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
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.
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.
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Back 4 Blood, Final Fantasy XIV Online
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Dirt Rally 2.0, F1 2020, Grid
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Golf: Super Rush
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Daniel Hollis
Writing about Back 4 Blood, Batman: Arkham City, Halo Infinite
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Saturday (1).
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Alice Bell
Writing about Death Trash, Back 4 Blood
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 50 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
IS
Ishraq Subhan
Eurogamer·5 Aug 2021
The big Back 4 Blood interview: environmental storytelling, always online, and the new card systeminterviewonBack 4 Blood
JV
Jeffrey Vega
IGN
IGN·3 Aug 2021
Sonic Colors: Ultimate Final Preview: Sonic Can Fly Through Walls NowpreviewonSonic Colors: Ultimate
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.