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Which Xbox and Summer Game Fest games grabbed the most headlines?

It was quite the week for the games industry with not one, not two, but… well many live shows and events occurring last…

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Which Xbox and Summer Game Fest games grabbed the most headlines?​

Fancensus offers an analysis into the most covered games in the 24-hour periods that followed by Geoff Keighley's and Microsoft's annual showcases

But how did the games do with press? Which ones were making headlines and stealing the spotlight following the two shows?

Rather than just considering quantity of articles, Fancensus’ Flare Score also considers numerous other metrics including reach of approximately 3,000 featured websites, the split between headlining articles and those that merely mention the title, and presence of articles on a website's front page. Essentially, it gives an overall performance that focuses on quality and not just quantity awarding a score out of 100.

When examining the 24-hour window following each of the two respective shows, it's clear that Xbox Games Showcase had the bigger impact with press; the top five scoring titles all featured in this show, with a further three more featuring in the top ten.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 saw with the biggest success, scoring not only the highest Flare Score overall but doing so by a huge margin, likely a result of it having its own showing following the Xbox Games Showcase.

Top 20 games featured in either Summer Game Fest or Xbox Games Showcase with highest Flare Score 24 hours following respective showcase

Rank	Title	Event	Est. Air Time	Flare Score
1	Call of Duty Black Ops 6	Xbox Games Showcase	25 mins	96
2	Doom: The Dark Ages	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	60
3	Gears of War: E-Day	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	53
4	Avowed	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	50
5	Dragon Age: The Veilguard	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	50
6	Lego Horizon Adventures	Summer Game Fest	2 mins	49
7	Valorant	Summer Game Fest	4.5 mins	47
8	Perfect Dark	Xbox Games Showcase	3.5 mins	46
9	Assassin’s Creed: Shadows	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	45
10	Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	43
11	Civilization 7	Summer Game Fest	2 mins	43
12	Stalker 2	Xbox Games Showcase	2.5 mins	43
13	Indiana Jones and the Great Circle	Xbox Games Showcase	5 mins	42
14	Life is Strange: Double Exposure	Xbox Games Showcase	2 mins	42
15	Monster Hunter Wilds	Summer Game Fest	4 mins	42
16	State of Decay 3	Xbox Games Showcase	3 mins	42
17	Black Myth: WuKong	Summer Game Fest	1.5 mins	41
18	Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred	Xbox Games Showcase	4.5 mins	41
19	Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero	Summer Game Fest	1.5 mins	40
20	Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions	Summer Game Fest	1 min	40

 

[NickFire]

Gears was basically simple fan service. Not surprised at all that it got such high coverage despite possibly being furthest out. Gears gameplay in horror setting sounds awesome. Huge opportunity there.

 

[bitbydeath]

I pre-ordered Sparking Zero as soon as it came available.

 

[realcool]

Killer Bean is the people's champ.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

No Sonic x Shadow Generations

 

[mckmas8808]

Glad to see Lego Horizon at number 6. Can't wait to play it with the kiddo.

 

[hybrid_birth]

Killer Bean is the people's champ.

He will make some killer memes for sure.

 

[acm2000]

This is just bullying at this point is it not?

 

[March Climber]

Shooters continue to be the favorite genre, as expected.

 

[eerik9000]

Where's Phantom Blade Zero? The trailer has been doing surprisingly well on YouTube.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Publishers have got to be wondering if it's worth paying Summer Game Fest to put a YouTube trailer on their show.

"Now, would you like to pay and extra $500k to have your game in a premium slot?"

"Premium slot?"

"Yes, you can be first game shown for an extra fee, or save a little money and go after Geoff does a Door dash advert."

"Hmm."

 

[Pejo]

So based on the criteria in the article, they just made up arbitrary numbers based on a few things they didn't provide any real data on that they called "Flare score". Also it's admittedly by them partially constructed by article titles/mentions, so if a bunch of articles were written that "Dragon Age SUCKS", they still get a high score here.

Seems ripe for misunderstandings, or be gamed/manipulated/paid for. Even still, I doubt with actual data that the games would change all that much and this isn't really worth much outside of a quick glance to see what's being talked about. Probably could have gotten similar info from looking at Twitter trending.

 

[Chukhopops]

Happy to see Avowed so high up, looking forward to it.

Methodology is a bit flawed since some games have been shown several times and this only measures the 24 hours after, so it makes Wilds appear lower than it is.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Flare.

 

[Dazraell]

I mean, most of headlines about DA Veilguard had people openly shitting at the trailer they shown so not sure if it's something to be proud of lol