RECAP2023-W1830 APR TO 7 MAY 2023
Week of 30 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
80
-41% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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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Ed Thorn
Writing about Redfall, Glitch, Silica
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Redfall, Varney Lake
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Redfall, Dishonored 2, Deathloop
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (3).
AO
Alice O'Connor
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Redfall
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 58 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
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Joe McKie
Rock Paper Shotgun·4 May 2023
How The Pale Beyond charts its own course from a melting pot of real-life polar expeditionsfeatureonThe Pale Beyond
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.