RECAP2022-W2519 JUN TO 26 JUN 2022
Week of 19 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
103
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
61
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
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▲ +800%
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
PO
TH
KH
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Sonic Origins
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8
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
BS
GL
ST
TRENDING▲ +1500%
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
GY
EV
TC
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.
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Shadowrun Trilogy, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Shadowrun Trilogy, Tekken 2, Redout 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Redfall, Starfield, Atomic Heart
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Destruction AllStars, Demon's Souls, God of War Ragnarök
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
AO
Alice O'Connor
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 56 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.