RECAP2023-W272 JUL TO 9 JUL 2023
Week of 2 Jul 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
69
-39% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
57
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +540%
Street Fighter 6
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
8 writers · 3 outlets
SB
RR
ST
TRENDING▲ +68%
Diablo IV
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
8 writers · 4 outlets
SB
RR
ST
TRENDING▲ +56%
Final Fantasy XVI
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
7 writers · 3 outlets
SB
RR
ST
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
OUT NOW
7 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1300%
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
OUT NOW
5 writers · 1 outlets
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
OUT NOW
5 writers · 1 outlets
Aliens: Dark Descent
OUT NOW
5 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +54%
Horizon Call of the Mountain
OUT NOW
5 writers · 1 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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Dead Island 2, Diablo IV, Hi-Fi Rush
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Aliens: Dark Descent, Destiny 2, Diablo III
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Common'hood, Exoprimal, Grand Theft Auto V
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
VP
Victoria Phillips Kennedy
Writing about Hohokum, The Lara Croft Collection
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
RL
Rick LaneEurogamer
Writing about A Fisherman's Tale 2, Exo Rally Championship, Reality
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 52 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
JC
James Croft
Eurogamer·3 Jul 2023
How a new generation of drag artists is breaking limits and queering video gamesfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.