RECAP2022-W2810 JUL TO 17 JUL 2022
Week of 10 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
86
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
51
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
73
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Time on Frog Island
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
CL
RW
MV
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Escape Academy
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
JR
MR
ET
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Marvel's Avengers
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
LC
SB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +167%
Assassin's Creed Unity
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
PowerWash Simulator
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Unity, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Pro Cycling Manager 2022, Riders Republic, The Cyclist: Tactics
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Blanc, Books, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel's Avengers, Reaction, We Need To Talk
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about MotoGP 22, PowerWash Simulator, Torment: Tides of Numenera
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 46 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
AS
Adam Starkey
Nintendo Life·17 Jul 2022
Is Pokémon Unite Ready For Its Moment At The Pokémon World Championships?featureonPokémon Unite
CG
Czarina Gallardo
Screen Rant·17 Jul 2022
Realistic RDR2 Outfits Arthur Morgan Would Actually WearnewsonRed Dead Redemption 2
SM
Sabrina Myall Locke
Eurogamer·15 Jul 2022
From Cyberpunk 2077 to Animal Crossing, Realism is an underlying part of video gamesfeatureonCyberpunk 2077
KG
Kamiab Ghorbanpour
Rock Paper Shotgun·13 Jul 2022
The joy of being a quadruple agent in The Invisible GuardianfeatureonThe Invisible Guardian
KR
Katie Rose
Push Square·12 Jul 2022
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Ship-Shape Open World Pirate EscapadereviewonAssassin's Creed IV Black Flag
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.