RECAP2023-W326 AUG TO 13 AUG 2023
Week of 6 Aug 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
108
+23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
75
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about Atlas Fallen, Lords of the Fallen, Turbo Overkill
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CM
Connor MakarEurogamer
Writing about 2XKO, Street Fighter 6, Riot
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Quake II, Atlas Fallen, Tomb Raider
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
KS
Kenneth ShepardKotaku
Writing about Pokémon Sleep
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 70 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
ML
Matt Looker
GamesRadar+·11 Aug 2023
Heart of Stone review: "Gal Gadot's fun actioner that's missing a final ace up its sleeve"reviewonHeart of Stone
KL
Kayla Laguerre-Lewis
Screen Rant·9 Aug 2023
10 Hunger Games Cosplays That Will Increase Your Excitement For Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakesroundup
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.