RECAP2022-W2122 MAY TO 29 MAY 2022
Week of 22 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
103
+30% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
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.
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 Chorus, Disc Room, Forza Horizon 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Return of the Obra Dinn, Trinity Trigger
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, Roller Champions, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AH
Alana Hagues
Writing about Final Vendetta, Kao the Kangaroo, Successor
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Mario Strikers: Battle League, Mini Motorways
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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.