RECAP2018-W2915 JUL TO 22 JUL 2018
Week of 15 Jul 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
101
-21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
80
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
65
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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
Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
JW
CL
ST
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mothergunship
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
LC
DT
PH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
KH
HC
DJ
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.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars, Gnog
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Marvel's Spider-Man, Mega Man 11, SoulCalibur VI
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Clicker Heroes 2, Insane Robots, Thief of Thieves: Season One
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about Galak-Z: Variant S
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Lloyd CoombesIGN
Writing about Mothergunship
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 75 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
JO
Jordan Oloman
GameSpot
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Jul 2018
Sable’s developers are trying to capture the spirit of discoveryfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.