RECAP2023-W363 SEPT TO 10 SEPT 2023
Week of 3 Sept 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
106
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
66
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
57
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.
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.
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Detective Pikachu Returns, Mina the Hollower, Dungeons of Hinterberg
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Affogato, Cities: Skylines II, Hay Day
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Starfield
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Fast Travel: Loot Delivery Service, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Starfield, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, The Crew Motorfest: Year 1 Pass
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 61 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
KR
Katie Reul
IGN·7 Sept 2023
Mortal Kombat 1's Jean-Claude Van Damme Skin Shown Off During Ed Boon's Hot Ones InterviewinterviewonMortal Kombat 1
J
Jordan-Oloman
Polygon·7 Sept 2023
Mortal Kombat 1’s new mode is Mario Party with fatalitiespreviewonMortal Kombat 1
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.