RECAP2021-W5012 DEC TO 19 DEC 2021
Week of 12 Dec 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
117
+14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
123
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.
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (7).
R
Rps
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Forza Horizon 5, Game of the Year, Hades
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about The Artful Escape, The Forgotten City, The Gunk
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SG
Stuart Gipp
Writing about Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality, Serious Sam 4, Sonic Frontiers
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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.