RECAP2021-W3315 AUG TO 22 AUG 2021
Week of 15 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
107
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
95
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Tetris Effect, Boneworks, Budget Cuts
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Tetris Effect, Alien: Isolation, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Garden Story, Life Is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection, Life is Strange: True Colors
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Road 96, Twelve Minutes, Tails of Iron
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Grand Theft Auto Online, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Madden NFL 22
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 78 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
DC
Destructoid Community
Destructoid·21 Aug 2021
If you picked up a next-gen console at launch, what are your current thoughts on it?news
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Emma-Kinema
Polygon·17 Aug 2021
How the video game industry can unionize in the wake of Activision Blizzardopinion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.