RECAP2024-W4824 NOV TO 1 DEC 2024
Week of 24 Nov 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
71
-35% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
54
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
123
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▲ +122%
Stalker 2
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
FG
PO
JP
TRENDING▲ +167%
Metaphor: ReFantazio
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
4 writers · 2 outlets
RR
LC
AB
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Nine Sols
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
FG
EA
IV
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +200%
Ghost of Yotei
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +1100%
God of War Ragnarök
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +1100%
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +50%
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +1100%
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 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (3).
NE
Nathanial Eker
Writing about Heroes Trials, Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation, Debris Infinity
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (5).
BK
Ben Kerry
Writing about Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Batman: Arkham Knight, Doom: The Dark Ages
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Aliens: Dark Descent, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dragon's Dogma II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about 30 Birds, Loco Motive, Threshold
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 49 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
AR
Alex Raisbeck
GamesRadar+·1 Dec 2024
Dev of one of our favorite strategy games of the year says he's unbelievably lucky to be in his positionroundup
SH
Stephen Howard
Screen Rant·30 Nov 2024
10 Games That Should Come To Switch 2 As Remakes Or RemastersrounduponSuper Mario Galaxy 2+ 6 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.