RECAP2018-W3129 JUL TO 5 AUG 2018
Week of 29 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
122
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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.
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Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Dead Cells, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Footage
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (3).
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Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Crush Your Enemies, Flat Heroes, Tanzia
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Ben Kuchera
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel's Spider-Man
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1).
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Luke PlunkettAftermath
Writing about The Banner Saga 3, Yakuza 0
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 85 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
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Alan Wen
GamesRadar+
VG247·2 Aug 2018
Marvel's Spider-Man hands-on - Mary Jane stealth sections, Peter Parker puzzles, and flipping through New YorkpreviewonMarvel's Spider-Man
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Chris McMullen
Rock Paper Shotgun·30 Jul 2018
Road sausages and endless night: Jalopy's deeply unsettling undercurrentfeatureonJalopy
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.