RECAP2024-W1110 MAR TO 17 MAR 2024
Week of 10 Mar 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
101
-7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
99
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
OR
ZH
CD
TRENDING▲ +900%
Contra: Operation Galuga
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
SM
TN
SW
TRENDING▲ +129%
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
SS
FG
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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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Alan Wake II, Baldur's Gate III, Diablo IV
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Ascendant, Darktide, The Finals
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JN
Jim NormanNintendo Life
Writing about Super Mario Sunshine
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Saturday (2).
AO
Alice O'Connor
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
EG
Elliott Gatica
Writing about Donkey Kong Country, EarthBound, Killer Instinct
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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
AS
Abigail Shannon
GamesRadar+·13 Mar 2024
The Walking Dead Universe Starter Set review: "Death, dice, despair… all it needs is more depth"review
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.