RECAP2018-W0711 FEB TO 18 FEB 2018
Week of 11 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
132
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
76
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Knockout League, Pop-Up Pilgrims, EA Sports UFC 3
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Insurgency: Sandstorm, Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, Vampyr
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Crossing Souls
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Kingdom Come: Deliverance, A Plague Tale: Innocence
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dynasty Warriors 9, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 85 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
KO
K.G. Orphanides
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Feb 2018
Meet the man who runs the Origin Museum, collecting the history of Wing Commander and Ultimafeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.