RECAP2023-W3817 SEPT TO 24 SEPT 2023
Week of 17 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
154
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
104
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
148
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
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16
PIECES
15 writers · 13 outlets
RR
WL
EV
TRENDING▲ +150%
Mortal Kombat 1
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
JF
AH
MS
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
OW
OK
LC
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 Payday 3, Lies of P, Party Animals
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about DecaPolice, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, My Hero Ultra Rumble
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (3).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Mortal Kombat 1, Lies of P
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Party Animals, Still Wakes the Deep, Towerborne
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Saturday (2).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Marvel's Avengers, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 99 writers filed this week.
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03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
AP
Andrei Pechalin
Eurogamer·20 Sept 2023
Dune: Spice Wars review - a good strategy, but an underwhelming adaptationreviewonDune: Spice Wars
JL
Joseph Luster
Destructoid·19 Sept 2023
Hardcore Mecha devs preview roguelite strategy game Anomaly CollapsepreviewonUltracore & Anomaly Collapse
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.