RECAP2022-W3711 SEPT TO 18 SEPT 2022
Week of 11 Sept 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
110
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
71
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
98
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.
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion, Forspoken, God of War Ragnarök
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (3), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Deathloop, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Foretales, Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Like a Dragon: Ishin!, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about City Wars: Tokyo Reign, Steelrising
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 66 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
HS
Haroon Sultan
Eurogamer·15 Sept 2022
Hearthstone Access: the story of the modder opening up Blizzard's game for more playersfeature
RC
Ryan Conway
GamesRadar+·14 Sept 2022
NBA 2K23 review: "Stuffed with content that pays homage to basketball's past"reviewonNBA 2K23
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.