RECAP2022-W4720 NOV TO 27 NOV 2022
Week of 20 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
93
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
67
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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▲ +3500%
Evil West
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
RR
RM
RW
TRENDING▲ +129%
Pokémon Scarlet
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
KG
BS
KS
TRENDING▲ +300%
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CM
RC
RJ
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.
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Pokémon Scarlet, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Genshin Impact
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about The Callisto Protocol, The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Atomic Heart
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (3).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Battlefield 2042, Dishonored 2, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Valheim: Mistlands, Vampire Survivors, Warzone
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Overwatch, Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 62 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.