RECAP2023-W0819 FEB TO 26 FEB 2023
Week of 19 Feb 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
-8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
85
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
121
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +1233%
Atomic Heart
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
JA
CA
BK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Company of Heroes 3
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LP
FB
CT
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
SW
BS
CC
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.
AH
Alana Hagues
Writing about Tales of Symphonia Remastered, Crimson Shroud, Octopath Traveler II
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Atomic Heart, Crash Team Rumble
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Atomic Heart, Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, ReCore
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Call of the Mountain, Gran Turismo Sport
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Baldur's Gate III, Horizon Call of the Mountain, LiveStream
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 80 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
EP
Emily Price
Polygon·22 Feb 2023
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe review: fresh paint, same canvasreviewonKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.