RECAP2018-W1111 MAR TO 18 MAR 2018
Week of 11 Mar 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
+14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
97
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Kirby Star Allies
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
MR
NO
PB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Surviving Mars
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
FB
JT
DS
TRENDING▲ +900%
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
RM
JC
AM
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.
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Burnout Paradise Remastered, Firewatch, Flinthook
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jon Cousins
Writing about Claws of Furry, Death Road to Canada, Hazelnut Bastille
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Northgard
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about A Way Out, Extinction, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
GL
Gonçalo LopesNintendo Life
Writing about Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo, Danmaku Unlimited 3, Neonwall
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
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
JP
Jeffrey Parkin
Polygon·15 Mar 2018
Yakuza 6 review: an entry point to one of gaming’s most interesting franchisesreviewonYakuza 6: The Song of Life
AM
Alister MacQuarrie
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Mar 2018
All rise and no fall: how Civilization reinforces a dangerous mythfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.