RECAP2022-W2626 JUN TO 3 JUL 2022
Week of 26 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
114
+11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
59
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.
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Elden Ring, Trains, V Rising
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Far Cry 5, F1 22, Escape Academy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Elden Ring, V Rising
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Cult of the Lamb, Elden Ring, V Rising
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
LD
Liam DoolanNintendo Life
Writing about Halo Infinite
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
MR
Margaret Rojahn
Screen Rant·1 Jul 2022
Witcher 3: Ranking Geralt's Beards And Hairstyles And Which Barbershop To Get Them Innews
JG
Jasmine Gould-Wilson
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·29 Jun 2022
26 essential Red Dead Redemption 2 tips for cowboy successnewsonRed Dead Redemption 2
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.