RECAP2018-W3022 JUL TO 29 JUL 2018
Week of 22 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
108
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
78
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
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.
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 19, Danger Zone 2, FIFA 19
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
MV
Mitch VogelNintendo Life
Writing about Mugsters, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2, Spheroids
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Guts and Glory, Hand of Fate 2, Hunting Simulator
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Semblance, No Man's Sky
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 73 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.