RECAP2024-W0818 FEB TO 25 FEB 2024
Week of 18 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
114
-10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
101
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.
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Cobalt Core, Lil' Guardsman, Papers, Please
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, EA Sports UFC 5, A Space for the Unbound
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Game of the Year, Balatro, Dead Island 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
SW
Staff Writer
Screen Rant·24 Feb 2024
10 Hardest Legendary Pokémon To Catch In Indigo Disk (& Why They're So Tricky)roundup
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.