RECAP2023-W1616 APR TO 23 APR 2023
Week of 16 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
110
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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▲ +1400%
Dead Island 2
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16
PIECES
15 writers · 13 outlets
JA
EE
RL
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
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8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
JG
MM
JD
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
SB
ST
SC
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
Coffee Talk: Episode 2 - Hibiscus & Butterfly
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Minecraft: Legends
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
-29%
God of Rock
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Disney Speedstorm
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
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 VI, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Ghostwire: Tokyo, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Ghostwire Tokyo: Spider's Thread
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (2).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Dead Island 2, Moons of Darsalon
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Coffee Talk: Episode 2 - Hibiscus & Butterfly, Jagged Alliance 3, The Thaumaturge
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, EA Sports PGA Tour
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
JH
John Hansen
Push Square·20 Apr 2023
Disney Speedstorm - A New Direction for Racers That Will Raise Some EyebrowsreviewonDisney Speedstorm
JH
Justice Herbert-Wattie
Eurogamer·20 Apr 2023
MLB: The Show can make you feel the frustration and isolation of the world's greatest athletesfeature
ZW
Zijin Wang
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Apr 2023
Oxygen review: a windy post-apocalyptic city builder that won't exceed expectationsreviewonOxygen
RG
Rob Gordon
Screen Rant·19 Apr 2023
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Review - A Gorgeously Implemented StrategyreviewonAdvance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.