RECAP2022-W5118 DEC TO 25 DEC 2022
Week of 18 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
123
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
129
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
R
Rps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Castlevania Advance Collection, Dusk, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, Pinball Heroes, The Last of Us Part I
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Arms, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (3), Saturday (3).
AO
Alice O'Connor
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
SY
Shuka Yamada
IGN·22 Dec 2022
Hideo Kojima Interview: Visiting His New Studio as Kojima Productions Enters Phase 2interviewonDeath Stranding 2: On the Beach
KV
Kara Verlaney
The Verge·21 Dec 2022
The Verge’s 2022 in review: the best and worst in entertainment and scienceroundup
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.