RECAP2018-W3923 SEPT TO 30 SEPT 2018
Week of 23 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
141
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
104
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
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▲ +1900%
Forza Horizon 4
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
OW
JG
BM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 - Roads
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
SB
BM
JM
TRENDING▲ +900%
Life Is Strange 2
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
AW
JC
JO
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Beyond Blue, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Forza Horizon 4
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Deep Sky Derelicts, Deliver Us the Moon, Path to Mnemosyne
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (2).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Arca's Path, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Catastronauts, Laser League
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 99 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
CM
Cian Maher
Rock Paper Shotgun·27 Sept 2018
How Jonathan Blow's The Witness fooled us all with a postmodern bait and switchfeatureonThe Witness
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.