RECAP2023-W2411 JUN TO 18 JUN 2023
Week of 11 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
137
+2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
152
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
9
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▲ +567%
Starfield
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
FG
RM
TP
TRENDING -26%
Diablo IV
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
5 writers · 2 outlets
KP
MD
NR
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Assassin's Creed Mirage
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
ST
SB
WL
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Layers of Fear
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
The Crew Motorfest: Year 1 Pass
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
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.
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Assassin's Creed Mirage
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Starfield, Avowed, Crash Team Rumble
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, Disney Illusion Island
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about The Crew Motorfest: Year 1 Pass, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Cocoon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (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
DM
Donovan Murphy
Screen Rant·16 Jun 2023
10 Hidden Gem Games To Play On Nintendo Switch In 2023rounduponA Space for the Unbound+ 8 more
CW
Charlie Wacholz
IGN
Nintendo Life·15 Jun 2023
We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie Review (Switch eShop / Switch)reviewonWe Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.