RECAP2022-W1113 MAR TO 20 MAR 2022
Week of 13 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
85
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
58
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
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▲ +3900%
Tunic
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
FG
BC
NC
TRENDING▲ +3900%
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
DP
PH
RR
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Grand Theft Auto V
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
FG
SB
CT
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 Tunic, Grand Theft Auto V, WWE 2K22
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (3).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Redout 2, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Trek to Yomi
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
RW
Richard WakelingGameSpot
Writing about WWE 2K22, Tunic, Ghostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V, Horizon Forbidden West, Astro's Playroom
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Dirt 5, Persona 5 Strikers, Spelunky 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 53 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
RW
Rymarr Williams
Rock Paper Shotgun·17 Mar 2022
How Eastshade can teach you mindfulness without you even realisingfeature
SC
Siobhán Casey
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Mar 2022
Does Grand Theft Auto need a story when it's the world's best sandbox?feature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.