RECAP2018-W027 JAN TO 14 JAN 2018
Week of 7 Jan 2018The 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
93
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 11 outlets
GAMES COVERED
62
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
12
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▲ +433%
Dragon Ball FighterZ
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
EE
MK
IK
TRENDING -25%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
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3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
GS
MC
HG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Dark Souls: Remastered
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3
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
CR
DR
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.
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Bridge Constructor Portal, Freeways, Streets of Rogue
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Dragon Ball FighterZ, Game of the Year, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Pictopix, Rusty Lake Paradise
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Code Vein, Dragon Ball FighterZ
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Dark Souls: Remastered, Draw a Stickman: Epic 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
AH
Amy Hennig
Polygon·12 Jan 2018
The minds behind Firewatch and Uncharted discuss canceled games and the indie vs. AAA debatereview
SV
Sean Vanaman
Polygon·12 Jan 2018
The minds behind Firewatch and Uncharted discuss canceled games and the indie vs. AAA debatereview
SG
Steve Gaynor
Polygon·11 Jan 2018
Wolfenstein raises the question: When did punching Nazis become controversial?review
JS
Jake Solomon
Polygon·11 Jan 2018
Mario + Rabbids inspired the creative director of XCOM to reevaluate the genrereview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.