RECAP2018-W158 APR TO 15 APR 2018
Week of 8 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
102
+5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
76
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
83
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.
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.
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Bombslinger, Extinction, Gal*Gun 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Make Sail, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Extinction, Radical Heights
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Game of the Year, Underworld Ascendant, What Remains of Edith Finch
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jon Cousins
Writing about Genopanic, Shift Quantum
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 71 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
BW
Brock Wilbur
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Apr 2018
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CM
Calum Marsh
IGN·11 Apr 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.