RECAP2022-W1220 MAR TO 27 MAR 2022
Week of 20 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
104
+22% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
80
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +1200%
Ghostwire: Tokyo
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
VB
JA
RW
TRENDING▲ +450%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
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11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
LH
TN
SB
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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11
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
HW
DP
AP
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Ghostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread
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5 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +400%
Elden Ring
OUT NOW
4 writers · 2 outlets
-54%
Rune Factory 5
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1500%
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
The Witcher IV
31 DEC 2028 · UPCOMING
3 writers · 3 outlets
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 The Ascent, Ascension, Ghostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Forever Skies, Deliver Us Mars, LEGO Bricktales
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Paradise Killer
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
ZH
Zoey HandleyGameSpot
Writing about Golden Light, Iron Lung
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (2).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Find Out, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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
KR
Kelsey Raynor
Eurogamer
VG247·24 Mar 2022
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands review – Borderlands gets a magic makeoverreviewonTiny Tina's Wonderlands
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.