RECAP2024-W0528 JAN TO 4 FEB 2024
Week of 28 Jan 2024The 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
142
+48% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
121
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (8), Thursday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill: The Short Message, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
NE
Nathanial Eker
Writing about 911 Operator, Akihabara: Feel the Rhythm Remixed, Dexteritrip
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (6).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Persona 3 Reload, Palworld, Tekken 8
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
GB
George Banks
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·3 Feb 2024
As A Nintendo Fan, Do You Really Need To Play The Virtual Boy?opiniononMario's Tennis+ 7 more
SG
Sarah Guinevere Smit
Rock Paper Shotgun·29 Jan 2024
Baldur's Gate 3's Nocturne is a landmark in trans representation, but for her voice actor it's just the beginningfeatureonBaldur's Gate III
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.