RECAP2021-W4721 NOV TO 28 NOV 2021
Week of 21 Nov 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
72
-33% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
55
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
90
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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 Lost in Random, Halo Infinite, It Takes Two
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
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Ed Thorn
Writing about Halo Infinite, Babylon's Fall
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Real Boxing 2, NASCAR Heat, The Wild at Heart
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Train Sim World 2, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
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Kate Gray
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 50 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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Jai Singh Bains
Rock Paper Shotgun·25 Nov 2021
Let’s Build A Zoo review: an absorbing tycoon game that relishes chaosreviewonLet's Build a Zoo
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.