RECAP2018-W2227 MAY TO 3 JUN 2018
Week of 27 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
120
+2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
80
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.
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Yoku's Island Express
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
KM
CD
AR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
CM
MR
PB
TRENDING▲ +433%
Dark Souls: Remastered
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
OD
HA
GB
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
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about APB Reloaded, Disco Elysium, Laser League
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about PixelJunk Monsters 2, Pokémon Quest, Splatoon 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Moonlighter, Raft
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Forgotton Anne, Jurassic World Alive, Yoku's Island Express
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.