RECAP2018-W379 SEPT TO 16 SEPT 2018
Week of 9 Sept 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
133
+14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
99
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
73
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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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Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Gone Home, Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle, Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, Shadow of the Tomb Raider
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
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Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Project Awakening, Return of the Obra Dinn, SoulCalibur VI
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about A Hat in Time: Seal the Deal, Soul Eater, Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Sunday (2).
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Matt Bertz
Writing about Left Alive, NBA 2K19, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 94 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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Kofie Yeboah
Polygon·15 Sept 2018
NBA 2K19 review: A thoughtful Way Back story helps the series recover from past slip-upsreviewonNBA 2K19
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Elizabeth Henges
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Sept 2018
The Joy of unravelling the deception in The House in Fata Morganafeature
WA
William Antonelli
Polygon·13 Sept 2018
Cyberpunk’s transphobic tweet is part of a much larger issue with game marketingopiniononCyberpunk
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Sayem Ahmed
VG247·11 Sept 2018
Every Souls-like game ranked from worst to bestinterviewonSekiro: Shadows Die Twice
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.