RECAP2021-W365 SEPT TO 12 SEPT 2021
Week of 5 Sept 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
111
+11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
71
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
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.
TRENDING▲ +5100%
Life is Strange: True Colors
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
13 writers · 12 outlets
TP
AB
AW
TRENDING▲ +3900%
WarioWare: Get It Together!
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
SW
CC
AD
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Tales of Arise
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
6 writers · 7 outlets
TW
NO
RR
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.
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about Halo Infinite, Good News, Kitaria Fables
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (3), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about God of War Ragnarök, Grand Theft Auto V, Gran Turismo 7
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Life is Strange: True Colors
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Ultra Age, WarioWare: Get It Together!, The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AM
Alyssa Mercante
Writing about Spider-Man 2, The Artful Escape, Call of Duty: Vanguard
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 66 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
RP
Renata Price
Kotaku·10 Sept 2021
WarioWare: Get It Together!: The Kotaku ReviewreviewonWarioWare: Get It Together!
KS
Kaan Serin
GamesRadar+
Rock Paper Shotgun·9 Sept 2021
Cloud Gardens review: zen gardening in the middle of the wastelandreviewonCloud Gardens
LM
Lisa Marie Segarra
Kotaku·8 Sept 2021
Life Is Strange: True Colors: The Kotaku ReviewreviewonLife is Strange: True Colors
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.