RECAP2024-W0711 FEB TO 18 FEB 2024
Week of 11 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
127
+46% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
89
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
114
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.
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Burnout, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Balatro, Blue Protocol, Hawked
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (3).
BB
Ben BrosofskyScreen Rant
Writing about Nightingale, Crazy Taxi, Dragon's Dogma II
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Nightingale, Skull and Bones
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Arco, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Tomb Raider I•II•III Remastered
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 84 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
PV
Paula Vaynshteyn
Destructoid·17 Feb 2024
9 things from original Palworld trailers that players may have to get excited aboutnewsonPalworld
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.