RECAP2024-W3021 JUL TO 28 JUL 2024
Week of 21 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
97
-28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
118
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
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AH
ST
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Unsighted
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
5 writers · 1 outlets
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NC
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TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Hyper Light Drifter
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
5 writers · 1 outlets
NC
NC
MM
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 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Alan Wake II, F1 Manager 2024
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
MS
Marcus StewartGame Informer
Writing about The Casting of Frank Stone, Nobody Wants to Die, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Nobody Wants to Die
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
NR
Nic Reuben
Writing about Cataclismo
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Sunday (2).
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Adrian Ling
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.