RECAP2018-W1829 APR TO 6 MAY 2018
Week of 29 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
99
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
75
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
59
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
GL
Gonçalo LopesNintendo Life
Writing about Don't Die Mr Robot! DX, Ghost Pilots, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Sly Spy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AO
Alex OlneyNintendo Life
Writing about Bad North, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Duelyst, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, LawBreakers
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Beyond: Two Souls, Super Mega Baseball 2, The Last of Us Part II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
SV
Suriel Vazquez
Writing about 39 Days to Mars, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 70 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
PG
Patrick Gill
Polygon
Polygon·1 May 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.