RECAP2018-W0528 JAN TO 4 FEB 2018
Week of 28 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
112
-21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
73
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
93
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Night in the Woods, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Subnautica, Human: Fall Flat, Puzzlement
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about For Honor, Siege, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Far Cry 5, Dragon's Crown, Space Hulk: Tactics
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
BK
Ben Kuchera
Writing about Shadow of the Colossus
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 68 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
FM
Felicia Miranda
IGN·3 Feb 2018
Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones DLC ReviewreviewonAssassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones
EK
Esra Krabbe
IGN
IGN·31 Jan 2018
Soul Calibur 6 Hands-On: 'We Cut Off Bits of Each Other's Clothes and Both Started the Final Round Half-Naked...'previewonSoulCalibur VI & Each Other
AA
Amr al-Aaser
Rock Paper Shotgun·30 Jan 2018
Spark the Electric Jester is more than mere homagefeatureonSpark the Electric Jester
AR
A.E. Ross
Polygon·29 Jan 2018
I spent 453 hours in Fallout 4 and all I got was this stinkin’ inner peaceopinion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.