RECAP2018-W2013 MAY TO 20 MAY 2018
Week of 13 May 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
134
+34% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
97
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
71
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.
TRENDING▲ +1100%
State of Decay 2
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
12 writers · 10 outlets
AA
JC
EE
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
AD
DS
CD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
SB
DT
AG
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.
TS
Tim Stone
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
JC
Jon Cousins
Writing about Framed Collection, Hollow Knight, PixelJunk Monsters 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about SoulCalibur VI, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, The Crew 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 92 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
HP
Hunter Pauli
Rock Paper Shotgun·16 May 2018
B.J. Blazkowicz and the need for more diverse Jewish charactersfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.