RECAP2018-W0925 FEB TO 4 MAR 2018
Week of 25 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
154
+31% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
104
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
104
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.
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.
GL
Gonçalo LopesNintendo Life
Writing about Dragon Sinker, Little Triangle, Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder Devastated
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Metal Gear Survive
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Into the Breach, Space Tyrant, The Battle of Polytopia
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Into the Breach, Pit People, Talisman
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (3).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, Vagante
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 99 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
DG
David Griffin
IGN·26 Feb 2018
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Would Make a Great TV SeriesopiniononKingdom Come: Deliverance
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.