RECAP2018-W233 JUN TO 10 JUN 2018
Week of 3 Jun 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
152
+27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
98
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
130
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Battlefield V, Anthem, Cyberpunk 2077
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (5), Sunday (4).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Detroit: Become Human, Dragon's Crown
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Anthem, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, A Way Out
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Voyageur
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Dark Souls: Remastered, Anthem
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 93 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.