RECAP2023-W234 JUN TO 11 JUN 2023
Week of 4 Jun 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
134
+15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
142
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Amnesia: The Bunker, Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
WL
Wesley LeblancGame Informer
Writing about Cocoon, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Islands of Insight
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (3).
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Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 24, Mortal Kombat 1, Pulling No Punches
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Driftwood, Outrun, Planet of Lana
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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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Sarah-Jane Simpson
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·11 Jun 2023
10 Video Games With Playable LGBTQIA CharactersrounduponThe Last of Us+ 7 more
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Marc Normandin
Polygon·8 Jun 2023
Super Mega Baseball 4 is a towering monument to the joy of the sportreviewonSuper Mega Baseball 4
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Alexis-Ong
Polygon·7 Jun 2023
Diablo 4’s onslaught of MMO features hints at a questionable live-service futureopiniononDiablo IV
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.