RECAP2022-W0713 FEB TO 20 FEB 2022
Week of 13 Feb 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
101
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, Horizon Forbidden West
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about CrossfireX
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
TM
Tom MasseyNintendo Life
Writing about Raging Blasters, River City Girls Zero, Sol Cresta
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Affordable Space Adventures, Arcade Paradise, Memories
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 69 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.