RECAP2022-W198 MAY TO 15 MAY 2022
Week of 8 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
68
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
52
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
56
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +2700%
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
RR
CC
KC
TRENDING▲ +700%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
MS
BS
TW
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Salt and Sacrifice
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 3 outlets
MS
RW
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.
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Nightmare Reaper, Source of Madness
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about LEGO Bricktales
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Delay, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, Grandma, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.