RECAP2024-W064 FEB TO 11 FEB 2024
Week of 4 Feb 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
87
-39% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
62
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
74
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Honkai: Star Rail, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Stellar Blade
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about PlateUp!, A Little to the Left, Resident Evil 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Forza Motorsport, PlateUp!, Resident Evil 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Brotato
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Apex Legends, Palworld
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 57 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.