RECAP2024-W361 SEPT TO 8 SEPT 2024
Week of 1 Sept 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
150
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
97
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
134
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +1020%
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
14 writers · 13 outlets
BC
CR
CM
TRENDING▲ +4700%
Astro Bot
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14
PIECES
12 writers · 8 outlets
SB
RR
ST
TRENDING▲ +1100%
The Casting of Frank Stone
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LC
AB
KR
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 Bury me, my Love, Cake Laboratory, Catastronauts
FILED
20 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (10), Tuesday (5), Wednesday (5).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Age of Mythology: Retold, Riders Republic, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Astro Bot, Astro's Playroom, Concord
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, Fantasian, FragPunk
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Avowed, Concord, Gears of War: E-Day
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 92 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
AB
Andrew Brown
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·4 Sept 2024
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 review: "Raises the bar for all Warhammer adaptations"reviewonWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
CO
Cade Onder
IGN
Screen Rant·4 Sept 2024
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Beta Preview: A Series In Need of InnovationpreviewonCall of Duty: Black Ops 6
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.