RECAP2022-W494 DEC TO 11 DEC 2022
Week of 4 Dec 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
124
+19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
78
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
117
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.
TRENDING▲ +3900%
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
JC
RR
FG
TRENDING▲ +600%
Need for Speed: Unbound
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
RW
ST
MR
TRENDING▲ +300%
Elden Ring
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
DB
RR
KH
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.
R
Rps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion, High on Life, Potion Craft
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dragon's Dogma II, The Last of Us Part I, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Diablo IV, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 73 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
AW
Anthony Wood
N
Natalie-Flores
Polygon·6 Dec 2022
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a vital reimagining in the revered sagareviewonCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.