RECAP2018-W3816 SEPT TO 23 SEPT 2018
Week of 16 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
131
-2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
95
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
94
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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▲ +2700%
The Gardens Between
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
EE
JC
PB
TRENDING▲ +1100%
FIFA 19
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
WY
RR
MK
TRENDING▲ +20%
Destiny 2: Forsaken
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
RR
MM
DL
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Star Control: Origins
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Devil May Cry 5
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +500%
Valkyria Chronicles 4
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
-47%
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 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Devil May Cry 5, Grip
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Cities: Skylines - Nintendo Switch Edition, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Scribblenauts Mega Pack
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Share, Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, Comix Zone
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about The Bard's Tale IV
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
CP
Chris Plante
Writing about Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Rival Megagun, Black Future '88
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 90 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
JG
Jill Grodt
Game Informer·17 Sept 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.