RECAP2022-W235 JUN TO 12 JUN 2022
Week of 5 Jun 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
128
+80% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
80
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +1100%
The Quarry
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 12 outlets
VB
AB
LH
TRENDING▲ +800%
Mario Strikers: Battle League
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
TP
TN
SW
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Marvel's Midnight Suns
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
8 writers · 6 outlets
RP
AW
PH
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 Sonic Frontiers
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil 4, Aliens: Dark Descent
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Greedventory, The Fridge is Red, Cassette Beasts
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Assassin's Creed Origins, Chorus, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 75 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
KA
Khayl Adam
Push Square
Push Square·8 Jun 2022
First Hands-On Impressions of Sonic Frontiers Are Mostly PositivepreviewonSonic Frontiers
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.