RECAP2024-W0925 FEB TO 3 MAR 2024
Week of 25 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
96
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
83
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake, Everwild, Grand Theft Auto VI
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Sifu, F1 23
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, WWE 2K24, Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (3).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Cobalt Core, No Rest for the Wicked, Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, Pentiment, Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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
AB
Adam Blevins
Screen Rant·3 Mar 2024
10 Coolest Red Dead Redemption 2 Animals To Hunt Or CatchrounduponRed Dead Redemption 2
MG
Matt Glasby
GamesRadar+·29 Feb 2024
Love Lies Bleeding review: "Kristen Stewart is excellent in this neon-drenched primal roar of righteous rage"review
IV
Ignas Vieversys
Rock Paper Shotgun·28 Feb 2024
The devs of surreal escape sim Militsioner explain how they've shrunk their giant ambitionfeatureonMilitsioner
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.