RECAP2018-W1615 APR TO 22 APR 2018
Week of 15 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
147
+44% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
99
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
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Suriel Vazquez
Writing about Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Dota 2
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (9), Friday (5), Saturday (1).
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Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Destiny 2, Destiny: The Taken King
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
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Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Children of Morta, Dead Cells, Dead End Job
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
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Ben Hanson
Writing about Dragon Ball FighterZ, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Mega Man 11
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Sunday (2).
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John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Marie's Room, Pivross
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
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Matt Kamen
Rock Paper Shotgun·20 Apr 2018
"Below our lowest expectations" - why EVE devs CCP pulled out of VRfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.