RECAP2024-W1324 MAR TO 31 MAR 2024
Week of 24 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
121
-8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
117
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Evil West, Diablo IV, Dredge
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about AEW: Fight Forever, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Assassin's Creed Mirage
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Horizon Forbidden West, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dragon's Dogma II, Rise of the Ronin, Skul: The Hero Slayer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
KL
Katie Lloyd Williams
IGN·25 Mar 2024
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.