RECAP2022-W456 NOV TO 13 NOV 2022
Week of 6 Nov 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
91
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
61
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Pentiment, Somerville, Halo Infinite
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (3).
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Kate Gray
Writing about Paper Mario: Sticker Star, The Games: Winter Edition, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Ed Thorn
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dark Souls II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Beneath Oresa
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, God of War Ragnarök, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 56 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
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Thomas Morgan
Eurogamer·9 Nov 2022
Here's how much power your consoles use, and how much that costs in the UKfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.