RECAP2023-W4612 NOV TO 19 NOV 2023
Week of 12 Nov 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
143
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
102
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
257
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.
DJ
Darran Jones
Writing about Prince of Persia, Head Over Heels, Taipan!
FILED
16 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (14), Friday (2).
RG
Retro Gamer Team
Writing about Prince of Persia, Head Over Heels, Taipan!
FILED
16 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (14), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Baldur's Gate III, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Astro's Playroom
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Starfield, Game of the Year, Spirittea
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Psychonauts 2, Starfield
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 97 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
NR
Nathaniel Roark
Screen Rant·13 Nov 2023
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.