RECAP2022-W012 JAN TO 9 JAN 2022
Week of 2 Jan 2022The 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
51
-62% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
43
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
112
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about A Plague Tale: Innocence, Battlefield V, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Wordle
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about A Space for the Unbound, Unsighted
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 38 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
KP
Kaitlyn Peterson
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·9 Jan 2022
The Witcher 3 Remastered: The Best Quest Order (& Why)newsonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
SF
Sky Flores
Screen Rant·3 Jan 2022
Witcher 3 Expansions: What Order To Do DLC In (& Why)newsonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.