RECAP2023-W028 JAN TO 15 JAN 2023
Week of 8 Jan 2023The 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
68
-22% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
50
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
86
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
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6
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
OR
SB
KH
TRENDING▲ +300%
One Piece Odyssey
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
DT
RR
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Breakers Collection
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3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
SB
CM
TM
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dragon Ball FighterZ, Devil May Cry 5, Sayonara Wild Hearts
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
KG
Kate Gray
Writing about Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, Super Mario Maker 2, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Super Auto Pets
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, God of War Ragnarök, One Piece Odyssey
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 45 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
ST
Sarah Thwaites
IGN
Eurogamer·15 Jan 2023
Breakdancing ghosts and cowboy corruption - a Frog Detective retrospectivefeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.