RECAP2022-W106 MAR TO 13 MAR 2022
Week of 6 Mar 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
73
-29% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
56
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
84
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%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
TP
AB
JR
TRENDING▲ +300%
WWE 2K22
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6
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
MS
MS
FG
TRENDING▲ +233%
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
TN
EG
AW
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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök, Exoprimal, Forspoken
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
MS
Marcus StewartGame Informer
Writing about WWE 2K22, Young Souls
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Elden Ring, Have a Nice Death
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Gran Turismo 7, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 51 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
AT
Antony Terence
Rock Paper Shotgun·8 Mar 2022
The Fertile Crescent blends Bronze Age strategy with managing pomegranatesfeatureonTFC: The Fertile Crescent
AE
Amy Eastland
Eurogamer·7 Mar 2022
Grow: Song of the Evertree is a surprisingly expansive fairy talefeatureonGrow: Song of the Evertree
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.