RECAP2022-W143 APR TO 10 APR 2022
Week of 3 Apr 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
71
-28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
54
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
50
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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▲ +800%
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
9 writers · 10 outlets
ST
CC
AB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
MLB The Show 22
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
7 writers · 8 outlets
TW
RW
SB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 7 outlets
EE
AW
RR
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, Evil Dead: The Game, F1 Manager 2022
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (3).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about A Space for the Unbound, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
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Kate Gray
Writing about Kirby and the Forgotten Land
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
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Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, Hardspace: Shipbreaker
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Chinatown Detective Agency, My Time at Sandrock
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 49 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.