RECAP2024-W324 AUG TO 11 AUG 2024
Week of 4 Aug 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
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
71
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
86
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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
Cat Quest III
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
RR
MW
FG
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CT
CR
LH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
F-Zero X
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
4 writers · 1 outlets
AH
JN
OR
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.
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about F-Zero X
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (5), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Cat Quest III, Astro Bot, Helldivers 2: Escalation of Freedom
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Creatures of Ava, Dustborn, Events
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (2).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Kena: Bridge of Spirits
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MW
Mark WarrenRock Paper Shotgun
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 66 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
CS
Clarence Snell
Screen Rant·11 Aug 2024
10 Best KOTOR Characters Who Are Officially Star Wars CanonrounduponStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
TW
Tom Wilson
Screen Rant
Screen Rant·8 Aug 2024
10 Hardest Flintlock Bosses, Ranked By DifficultyrounduponFlintlock: The Siege of Dawn
FS
Felix Sanchez
Nintendo Life·7 Aug 2024
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (Switch) - A Pleasant Vacation, If You're PatientreviewonNatsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.