RECAP2022-W181 MAY TO 8 MAY 2022
Week of 1 May 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
-17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
58
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
83
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.
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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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ghostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread, God of War Ragnarök, Gran Turismo 7
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Difficulty, Final Fantasy XVI, Sifu
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Biota, Loot River, Nintendo Switch Sports
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about FixFox, The Garden Path
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Citizen Sleeper, Rogue Legacy 2, Star Wars: Republic Commando
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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
LS
Liana Salgado
Screen Rant·6 May 2022
Fire Emblem Three Houses: 10 Best Romance OptionsnewsonFire Emblem: Three Houses
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.