RECAP2024-W4320 OCT TO 27 OCT 2024
Week of 20 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
107
+5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
94
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▲ +833%
Sonic X Shadow Generations
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
KS
JR
LD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
FG
ZH
KT
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Fear the Spotlight
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
OR
KR
MD
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +700%
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
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4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Alan Wake II: The Lake House
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4 writers · 4 outlets
LEGO Horizon Adventures
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4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +220%
Wilmot Works It Out
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4 writers · 4 outlets
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.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Dead Island 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Saturday (2).
EN
Ed Nightingale
Writing about Cronos: The New Dawn, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Tales of Kenzera: Zau
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
ZH
Zoey HandleyGameSpot
Writing about Fruitbus, Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, Tormenture
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2).
TO
Tristan OgilvieIGN
Writing about Alan Wake II: The Lake House, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, Kong: Survivor Instinct
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Alan Wake II: The Lake House, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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
JB
Jessica Barthelt
Screen Rant·26 Oct 2024
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.