RECAP2018-W064 FEB TO 11 FEB 2018
Week of 4 Feb 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
121
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
75
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LP
FB
CT
TRENDING▲ +900%
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
CC
AD
DT
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Dandara
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
JW
SP
KM
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.
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Sid Meier's Civilization V, Bloody Good Time, Dead Cells
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Octogeddon, Aegis Defenders, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Aperion Cyberstorm, Arms, Blazing Star
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Dandara, Octogeddon
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about My Time at Portia, Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, Assassin's Creed Origins
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.