RECAP2023-W401 OCT TO 8 OCT 2023
Week of 1 Oct 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
124
-6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +650%
Assassin's Creed Mirage
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PIECES
15 writers · 13 outlets
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JR
TRENDING▲ +780%
Forza Motorsport
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12
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
FG
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TRENDING▲ +1233%
Detective Pikachu Returns
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
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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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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Cocoon, Forza Motorsport, Gris
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Marvel's Spider-Man 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Wesley LeblancGame Informer
Writing about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Bilkins' Folly
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2).
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Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Forza Motorsport
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
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Steven Mills
Writing about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Frostpunk 2, The Alters
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
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Bianca-Ryckert
Polygon·6 Oct 2023
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.