RECAP2023-W4215 OCT TO 22 OCT 2023
Week of 15 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
147
+32% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
105
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
118
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▲ +2300%
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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13
PIECES
12 writers · 8 outlets
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JR
RR
TRENDING▲ +471%
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
BS
RM
CP
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Cities: Skylines II
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8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
CL
DB
FG
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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Katharine Castle
Writing about Bit.Trip Rerunner, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, Hermit and Pig
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Lil Gator Game, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Star Ocean: The Second Story R
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Million Monster Militia
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ananta, EA Sports FC 24, Game of the Year
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Alan Wake II, Cities: Skylines II, Halo: Combat Evolved
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 100 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
AS
Andron Smith
Destructoid·20 Oct 2023
Top 10 Mario games where Mario isn’t the protagonistrounduponMario Party+ 8 more
JB
Jamie Barton
Rock Paper Shotgun·20 Oct 2023
Meet the men hiding their FIFA Ultimate Team addiction from their familiesfeature
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Will Sawyer
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·17 Oct 2023
Codex: Tyranids 10th Edition review - "The wargame takes shape with terrifying Tyranid Detachments"review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.