RECAP2024-W416 OCT TO 13 OCT 2024
Week of 6 Oct 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
120
+32% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
75
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
131
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▲ +1900%
Metaphor: ReFantazio
OUT NOW
17
PIECES
15 writers · 12 outlets
CL
RR
LP
TRENDING▲ +1233%
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
RR
LD
LP
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Ring of Elysium
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CL
CP
EK
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about EA Sports FC 25, Honkai: Star Rail, Undisputed
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
NR
Nic Reuben
Writing about Gone Home, BioShock 2, Dread Dawn
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (3).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, BioShock Infinite, Boxing
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
NE
Nathanial Eker
Writing about At Sundown: Shots in the Dark, Black & White Bushido, Mecho Wars: Desert Ashes
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (5).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 70 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
EF
Eric Francisco
GamesRadar+·10 Oct 2024
Mario & Luigi: Brothership hands-on: Immaculate vibes meet brilliant nonsensepreview
LG
Lewis Gordon
The Verge·7 Oct 2024
Phoenix Springs review: a point-and-click adventure as weird noirreviewonPhoenix Springs
JF
Joshua Fox
Screen Rant·7 Oct 2024
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Review - A Near-Perfect Love Letter To An Iconic FranchisereviewonDragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.