RECAP2018-W2120 MAY TO 27 MAY 2018
Week of 20 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
118
-12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
86
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
72
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.
TS
Tim Stone
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Dark Souls: Remastered, Detroit: Become Human
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about The Forest, Unforeseen Incidents
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Imperator: Rome
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Battlefield V, Far: Lone Sails
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 81 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
DS
Derek Swinhart
Game Informer·25 May 2018
Onrush Preview - The Upcoming Racing-Battler From Codemasters Gets Its Modes DetailedpreviewonOnrush
CJ
Camden Jones
Game Informer·25 May 2018
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) Preview - New Gameplay Trailer Offers A Glimpse At The Game's New Donk City LevelpreviewonCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.