RECAP2024-W3418 AUG TO 25 AUG 2024
Week of 18 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
141
+36% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
124
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +600%
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
RM
VP
EE
TRENDING▲ +100%
Black Myth: Wukong
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
RR
SA
ET
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
AH
SM
CT
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.
NE
Nathanial Eker
Writing about Bring Them Home, Conduct Together!, Dreamwalker
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (10).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Reforged, Crimson Desert, Directive 8020
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Black Myth: Wukong, Concord
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Star Wars Outlaws, Events, Age of Mythology: Retold
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (2).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about King of Meat, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 78 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.