RECAP2018-W0421 JAN TO 28 JAN 2018
Week of 21 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
141
+55% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
111
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
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.
JC
Jon Cousins
Writing about Baseball Riot, Celeste, Gunhouse
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Grand Theft Auto Online, My Summer Car, Subnautica
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about 2064: Read Only Memories Integral, Away: Journey to the Unexpected, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Iconoclasts
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Days Gone, Death Stranding, God of War
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 106 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
JS
Joel Snape
GamesRadar+·25 Jan 2018
UFC 3 review: "Half-brilliant, half going-through-the-motions"reviewonEA Sports UFC 3
JB
Jon Bowman
Game Informer·24 Jan 2018
Rune: Ragnarok Preview - Live Through The End Of The World In New TrailerpreviewonRune II
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.