RECAP2023-W159 APR TO 16 APR 2023
Week of 9 Apr 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
101
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
69
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
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.
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 Final Fantasy XVI, Doom Eternal, Diablo IV
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JN
Jim NormanNintendo Life
Writing about Mario Kart Wii
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DM
Deven McClure
Writing about Anonymous;Code, Bendy and the Dark Revival, DC Universe Online
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Shadow of the Colossus, Chasing the Unseen
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Atari Mania, Cannon Dancer: Osman, Firewall Ultra
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 64 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
JZ
Jacob Zeranko
Screen Rant·13 Apr 2023
Ghostwire: Tokyo Xbox Review: An Almost Seamless PortreviewonGhostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread
MA
Mae Abdulbaki
Screen Rant·12 Apr 2023
Renfield Review: Cage & Hoult Are Excellent In Aggressively Mediocre ComedyreviewonRenfield: Bring Your Own Blood
DM
Deven McClure
Screen Rant·11 Apr 2023
theMeatly Interview: Bendy and the Dark Revival's Update [EXCLUSIVE]interviewonBendy and the Dark Revival
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.