RECAP2021-W4324 OCT TO 31 OCT 2021
Week of 24 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
130
+57% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
100
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
OUT NOW
18
PIECES
16 writers · 14 outlets
VB
CM
AP
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Age of Empires IV
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
DT
RZ
AG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mario Party Superstars
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
MS
BS
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Little Devil Inside, Final Fantasy XVI, Grand Theft Auto 2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about First Class Trouble, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - Fatesworn
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about A Plague Tale: Innocence, Back 4 Blood, Costume Quest 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Batman: Return to Arkham, Death's Door, Little Devil Inside
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.