RECAP2021-W328 AUG TO 15 AUG 2021
Week of 8 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
95
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
67
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
80
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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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Daniel Hollis
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cris Tales, Deep Rock Galactic
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Button City, Hades
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
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Alice Bell
Writing about Back 4 Blood, Boyfriend Dungeon
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5, Gears Tactics
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
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Liana Ruppert
Writing about Boyfriend Dungeon, Last Stop
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 62 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
BG
Brendan Griffiths
GamesRadar+·11 Aug 2021
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 hands-on: a luxury device with huge multitasking potentialpreview
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Sam Nelson
Polygon
Polygon·10 Aug 2021
Descent: Legends of the Dark finally lives up to the franchise’s full potentialreviewonDescent: Legends of the Dark
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.