RECAP2024-W2914 JUL TO 21 JUL 2024
Week of 14 Jul 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
135
+67% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 17 outlets
GAMES COVERED
109
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.
TRENDING▲ +860%
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
CM
EG
RR
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
AS
RW
LC
TRENDING▲ +3100%
Dungeons of Hinterberg
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 7 outlets
NR
CD
RW
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.
NR
Nic Reuben
Writing about Dungeons of Hinterberg, Conscript
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Animal Well, Balatro, Concord
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about The Precinct, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Dungeons of Hinterberg, EA Sports College Football 25, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SM
Sean Migalla
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Far Cry 6
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
MB
Matt Brown
Polygon·19 Jul 2024
EA Sports College Football 25 is the long-awaited payoffreviewonEA Sports College Football 25
JG
James Galizio
Game Informer
GamesRadar+·17 Jul 2024
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn review – "Mostly delivers where it counts"reviewonFlintlock: The Siege of Dawn
EW
Emma Withington
Eurogamer·16 Jul 2024
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail Review - fresh air meets familiar groundreviewonFinal Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.