RECAP2022-W273 JUL TO 10 JUL 2022
Week of 3 Jul 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
78
-32% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
56
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
97
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▲ +900%
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
5 writers · 2 outlets
LC
EN
SB
TRENDING▲ +1900%
God of War Ragnarök
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
5 writers · 2 outlets
LC
RR
SB
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
4 writers · 5 outlets
TN
MR
PO
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.
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about A Plague Tale: Requiem, Arcade Paradise, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Looking Back, Matchpoint: Tennis Championships
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
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Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Gran Turismo 7, Arcadegeddon, Arcade Paradise
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
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Alice O'Connor
Writing about Knights and Bikes
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
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Alice Bell
Writing about Dragon Age: Origins, Madison, Skull and Bones
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 51 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
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Autumn-Wright
Polygon·7 Jul 2022
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 preview: Monolith Soft’s ambition on full displaypreviewonXenoblade Chronicles 3
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Jaimie Ditchfield
Push Square
Nintendo Life·4 Jul 2022
What It Takes To Be A Zelda: Breath Of The Wild World Record Speedrunnerfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.