RECAP2018-W3419 AUG TO 26 AUG 2018
Week of 19 Aug 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
154
+50% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
89
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
84
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Guacamelee! 2
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
VB
EG
ST
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Life Is Strange 2
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5
PIECES
6 writers · 4 outlets
AB
TS
AW
TRENDING▲ +300%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
MW
LH
BB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +167%
Yakuza Kiwami 2
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +433%
Death's Gambit
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
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.
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Diablo III, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, LEGO DC Super-Villains
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Generation Zero, Biomutant, Daemon X Machina
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Battlefield V, Fallout 76, Hitman 2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (4).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Burnout Paradise Remastered, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Children of Morta
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel's Spider-Man, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Firewall Zero Hour
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 84 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
BB
Brian Barnett
GameSpot
MC
Mike Cook
Eurogamer·20 Aug 2018
A team of Dota 2-playing AI bots beat the pros - and now they're gunning for morefeatureonDota 2
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.