RECAP2022-W2917 JUL TO 24 JUL 2022
Week of 17 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
98
+14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
43
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about As Dusk Falls, PowerWash Simulator, Undergrave
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about SunnySide
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Forza Horizon 5, Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (3).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about As Dusk Falls, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Bright Memory: Infinite
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 writers filed this week.
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03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
RC
Rowen Cameron
Eurogamer·24 Jul 2022
Getting acquainted with death and Mexican tradition through Grim FandangofeatureonGrim Fandango
CK
Chris Karnadi
Polygon·21 Jul 2022
Live A Live’s characters can’t hold the weight of its time-hopping storyreviewonLive A Live
DB
Dustin Bailey
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·18 Jul 2022
As Dusk Falls review: "Netflix-style prestige drama with Telltale-style storytelling"reviewonAs Dusk Falls
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.