RECAP2018-W1325 MAR TO 1 APR 2018
Week of 25 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
121
-18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
92
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
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▲ +1400%
Far Cry 5
OUT NOW
22
PIECES
15 writers · 13 outlets
AM
BK
AW
TRENDING▲ +100%
A Way Out
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
OW
ST
BM
TRENDING▲ +1900%
MLB The Show 18
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
EM
SB
AR
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5: Same Stitch
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Sea of Thieves
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
-11%
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
The Alliance Alive
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
Batman: The Enemy Within
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
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 Batman: The Enemy Within, MLB The Show 18, Pure Farming 2018
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Dungeon Crawler, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, The Banner Saga 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Far Cry 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kuchera
Writing about Far Cry 5, PUBG: Battlegrounds
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Lamplight City, Unavowed
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 87 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
CH
Christopher Hovermale
Destructoid·31 Mar 2018
Interview with Totally Real Indie Studio dev who judges good and evil based on how you play video gamesinterview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.