RECAP2021-W4110 OCT TO 17 OCT 2021
Week of 10 Oct 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
108
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
91
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +2100%
Back 4 Blood
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15
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
DH
AB
KC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
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7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
DT
HC
MK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Forza Horizon 5
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6
PIECES
5 writers · 6 outlets
CA
OS
FG
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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Kate Gray
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Gang Beasts
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about Back 4 Blood, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
CT
Chris TapsellEurogamer
Writing about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Star Wars Battlefront II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Back 4 Blood
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 69 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
RL
Renee-Francisca Lopez
Eurogamer·15 Oct 2021
The Double-A Team: We need more games like Child of LightfeatureonThe Double & Child of Light
BJ
Ben Janca
GameSpot·13 Oct 2021
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker Preview - Hands-On With Reaper, Sage, And MorepreviewonFinal Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
JG
Jay George
VG247·13 Oct 2021
Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Hands-on | Another promising expansion awaitspreviewonFinal Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.