RECAP2022-W4323 OCT TO 30 OCT 2022
Week of 23 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
116
-19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
86
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
86
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.
TRENDING▲ +1233%
Bayonetta 3
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
DP
AP
MM
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Signalis
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
AW
EV
MD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Victoria 3
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LP
RL
AM
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
OUT NOW
5 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1900%
Resident Evil Village: Winters' Expansion
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
The Callisto Protocol
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
Vampire Survivors
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 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.
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about The Forgotten City
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
OT
Ollie TomsRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Horizon Zero Dawn, Impossible Creatures
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about OlliOlli World, Toem, Vampire Survivors
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, The Callisto Protocol
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3), Sunday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 81 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
AJ
Alice Jovanée
The Verge·29 Oct 2022
The sequel to PC Building Simulator feels like it’s still under constructionreview
ZI
Zoe Ingram
Screen Rant·29 Oct 2022
Every Will Seed Location in Persona 5 Royal (All Palaces)newsonPersona 5 Royal
ES
Ed Smith
Polygon·28 Oct 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign review: a work of empty geniusreviewonCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II
MS
Michelle See-Tho
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·26 Oct 2022
Beacon Pines (Switch) - An Endearing, Engrossing, Explorative AdventurereviewonBeacon Pines
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.