RECAP2018-W0818 FEB TO 25 FEB 2018
Week of 18 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
118
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
101
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.
TRENDING▲ +3100%
Metal Gear Survive
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11
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
LC
CC
AM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
FB
RL
CC
TRENDING▲ +500%
Assassin's Creed Origins
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4
PIECES
3 writers · 4 outlets
JW
EM
RR
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 Starblood Arena, Moss, PlayStation VR Worlds
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Payday 2, Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad, Stardew Valley
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Assassin's Creed Origins, Cypher
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Metal Gear Survive, Pool Billiard
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about LEGO Racers 2, Murderous Pursuits
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
EM
Ella McConnell
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Feb 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.