RECAP2022-W1510 APR TO 17 APR 2022
Week of 10 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
67
-6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
52
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
44
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Rare Replay
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Card Shark
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Demon Turf: Neon Splash, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, WiLD
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Elden Ring, Game of the Year, Gran Turismo 7
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Nintendo Switch Sports, Persona 5 Royal, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 47 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
LJ
Luis Joshua Gutierrez
IGN·15 Apr 2022
Ron Gilbert Sheds More Light On Return To Monkey Island In New InterviewinterviewonReturn to Monkey Island
DG
Damiano Gerli
Rock Paper Shotgun·11 Apr 2022
Vampire Survivors' creator just wanted something to play at the weekendfeatureonVampire Survivors
TL
Ted Litchfield
PC Gamer
PC Gamer·11 Apr 2022
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga reviewreviewonLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.