RECAP2023-W5117 DEC TO 24 DEC 2023
Week of 17 Dec 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
149
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
221
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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▲ +178%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
19
PIECES
16 writers · 7 outlets
FG
CG
KA
TRENDING▲ +1367%
Sea of Stars
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 5 outlets
AH
GL
LC
TRENDING▲ +115%
Alan Wake II
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
7 writers · 5 outlets
LC
AB
CL
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
OUT NOW
6 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +118%
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
OUT NOW
6 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +140%
Chants of Sennaar
OUT NOW
6 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +243%
A Space for the Unbound
OUT NOW
6 writers · 2 outlets
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
OUT NOW
5 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +33%
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.
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Pikmin 4, Chants of Sennaar, Metroid Prime Remastered
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (6), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Starfield, Baldur's Gate III, Hi-Fi Rush
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
JN
Jim NormanNintendo Life
Writing about Chants of Sennaar, A Space for the Unbound, Dordogne
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (6), Friday (1).
R
Rps
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Loco Motive, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Over the Alps
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (6).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
LS
Lee Seymour
Rock Paper Shotgun·22 Dec 2023
The Black Parade is a Thief mod from a team including a dev at Arkane and an original Thief designerfeature
LF
Larry Fried
Nintendo Life·20 Dec 2023
'Break The Game' Tells Speedrunner Narcissa Wright’s Story Through The Language Of Zeldafeature
ZT
Zachary Turner
Nintendo Life·20 Dec 2023
Harvest Moon 64’s Relationship With Alcohol, The "Magic Liquid" Of Flowerbud VillagefeatureonHarvest Moon 64
KE
Kevin Erdmann
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·19 Dec 2023
Jedi: Survivor Interview With Composers Stephen Barton & Gordy HaabinterviewonStar Wars Jedi: Survivor
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.