RECAP2021-W4431 OCT TO 7 NOV 2021
Week of 31 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
105
-19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
44
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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Elden Ring, Fallout 4, Forza Horizon 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
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Daniel Hollis
Writing about Demon Turf
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Ed Thorn
Writing about Lost Ark, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Wesley LeblancGame Informer
Writing about Lost Soul Aside, System Shock 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Just Dance 2022
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (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
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Andrew J. Rue
Nintendo Life·5 Nov 2021
Animal Crossing Fart Jokes Remain Lost In Translation As Kapp'n Returns In New HorizonsfeatureonUncharted Waters: New Horizons
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Wesley Leblanc
Game Informer
Game Informer·1 Nov 2021
Weird West Preview - Hands-On With Weird West – A Frontier Worth ExploringpreviewonWeird West
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.