RECAP2022-W0530 JAN TO 6 FEB 2022
Week of 30 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
+2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
43
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Gran Turismo 7, MLB The Show 22, Call of Duty: Warzone
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about BlockBuster, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Ghostwire: Tokyo
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Mina the Hollower, Star Fox 64
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Vampire Survivors
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Maglam Lord, Sifu
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 57 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
SA
Saniya Ahmed
GameSpot·3 Feb 2022
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.