RECAP2023-W0422 JAN TO 29 JAN 2023
Week of 22 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
121
+38% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
104
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.
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Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Forspoken, Dead Space, Persona 3 Portable
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Deliver Us Mars, Events
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Thumper, Rhythm, Shoulders of Giants
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Horizon Call of the Mountain, Blood & Truth, Dead Space 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about SteamWorld Build
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 78 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
MR
Mark Reece
Nintendo Life·27 Jan 2023
GoldenEye 007 - Aged And Flawed, But Still A Masterpiece Of Game Designreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.