RECAP2018-W141 APR TO 8 APR 2018
Week of 1 Apr 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
97
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
92
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.
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Chasm, Dark Souls: Remastered, Dragon Quest Builders 2
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
GL
Gonçalo LopesNintendo Life
Writing about Gotcha Racing 2nd, Spartan, Super Rocket Shootout
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Below, SpyParty, The Elder Scrolls Online
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Far Cry 5, Minit
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, A Way Out, Burnout Paradise Remastered
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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
AJ
Astrid Johnson
Rock Paper Shotgun·6 Apr 2018
Let's analyse David Lynch Teaches Typing as if it's a David Lynch moviefeatureonDavid Lynch Teaches Typing
EA
Emad Ahmed
Eurogamer·5 Apr 2018
Don't gush: why the vision of Mirror's Edge Catalyst makes it a modern greatfeatureonMirror's Edge Catalyst
FL
Frank Lepore
PC Gamer·3 Apr 2018
MTG Arena hands-on: the next phase of Magic: The Gathering's complicated digital historypreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.