RECAP2018-W2624 JUN TO 1 JUL 2018
Week of 24 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
115
+22% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
109
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Crew 2
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
AA
OW
CP
TRENDING▲ +967%
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
LB
NR
SB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Lumines Remastered
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
GB
CC
MR
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.
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Just Cause 4, Trials Rising, Total War: Three Kingdoms
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Shining Resonance Refrain, The Banner Saga 3, The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about The Crew 2, Far Cry 3, Absolver
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Fallout 76
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
GB
Graham Banas
Writing about Lumines Remastered, Unravel Two, Vampyr
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
ZM
Zach Marx Weber
Rock Paper Shotgun·28 Jun 2018
The Brief and Incredibly Poetic Life of Bañec Hazyblockades: a Dwarf Fortress diaryfeatureonDwarf Fortress
LB
Louisa Blatt
IGN·27 Jun 2018
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit ReviewreviewonThe Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.