RECAP2022-W0316 JAN TO 23 JAN 2022
Week of 16 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
89
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
69
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
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.
TRENDING▲ +700%
Windjammers 2
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
TN
SB
MS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Nobody Saves the World
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8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
SW
CC
CD
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
VB
CM
JR
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 Call of Duty: Warzone, Fallout 76, FIFA 22
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Doom Eternal, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft Flight Simulator
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Pupperazzi, Strange Horticulture
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Nobody Saves the World
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
CM
Connor MakarEurogamer
Writing about Dirty Bomb, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 64 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
TB
Thomas Bowskill
Nintendo Life·20 Jan 2022
Banjo-Kazooie - Peerless Platforming Perfection, And Now Available On Switchreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.