RECAP2024-W4213 OCT TO 20 OCT 2024
Week of 13 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
102
-15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
68
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
110
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +1300%
Super Mario Party Jamboree
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
DR
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ZH
TRENDING▲ +700%
Neva
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
AB
CT
WR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
CM
RL
OT
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Baldur's Gate III
OUT NOW
4 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +23%
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +220%
Unknown 9: Awakening
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
Metaphor: ReFantazio
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
-33%
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
-38%
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.
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about 30 Birds, Antonblast, Pizza Tower
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Alan Wake II, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
NR
Nic Reuben
Writing about Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Mörk Borg Heresy Supreme, No More Room in Hell 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Sunday (2).
ZH
Zoey HandleyGameSpot
Writing about Grunn, Killing Time: Resurrected, RetroRealms: Halloween
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
CM
Connor MakarEurogamer
Writing about Stalker 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 63 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
NB
Nicholas Becher
Screen Rant
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.