RECAP2023-W2625 JUN TO 2 JUL 2023
Week of 25 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
113
+47% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
92
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
103
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Pikmin 4
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 5 outlets
LD
MM
JN
TRENDING▲ +1500%
AEW: Fight Forever
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
FG
MS
JF
TRENDING▲ +100%
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
8 writers · 6 outlets
AH
JN
OR
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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Alice O'Connor
Writing about Alan Wake II, Trepang2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about AEW: Fight Forever, Amnesia: The Bunker, Arcade Paradise
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
JN
Jim NormanNintendo Life
Writing about A Space for the Unbound, Cassette Beasts, Dordogne
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Limbo, Cocoon, Crash Team Rumble
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 87 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
H
Hector-Diaz
Polygon·30 Jun 2023
AEW: Fight Forever recaptures the attitude of golden-age wrestling gamesreviewonAEW: Fight Forever
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Phil Hayton
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·28 Jun 2023
I went hands-on with the Tetris McNugget, and it's now my favorite handheldpreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.