RECAP2018-W2517 JUN TO 24 JUN 2018
Week of 17 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
94
-42% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
66
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
87
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
BK
Ben Kuchera
Writing about The Last of Us Part II
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Just Cause 4
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Police Stories, The Long Dark
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Ninjala, Pokémon Quest, Unravel Two
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Dota 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 61 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
PR
Petrana Radulovic
Polygon·21 Jun 2018
The Sims 4 Seasons gets back to what the Sims series does bestopiniononThe Sims 4: Seasons
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.