RECAP2022-W4216 OCT TO 23 OCT 2022
Week of 16 Oct 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
144
+41% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
105
across 15 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.
TRENDING▲ +5500%
A Plague Tale: Requiem
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
14 writers · 13 outlets
RP
DP
TN
TRENDING▲ +4300%
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
EV
MS
CD
TRENDING▲ +450%
Gotham Knights
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
JW
CK
TC
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Persona 5 Royal
OUT NOW
9 writers · 7 outlets
▲ +1700%
New Tales from the Borderlands
OUT NOW
8 writers · 8 outlets
▲ +1500%
Pokémon Scarlet
OUT NOW
6 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +1100%
God of War Ragnarök
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
OUT NOW
5 writers · 4 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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Amnesia: Rebirth, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horror Adventure
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Gotham Knights, Persona 5 Royal
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Left 4 Dead 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
CM
Connor MakarEurogamer
Writing about Gotham Knights
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about New Tales from the Borderlands, Paralives, The Sims 5
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 100 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
NR
Nick Ransbottom
GamesRadar+·18 Oct 2022
NHL 23 review: "Prioritizes small refinements over reinvention"reviewonNHL 23
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.