RECAP2018-W4030 SEPT TO 7 OCT 2018
Week of 30 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
134
-5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
93
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +1260%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
OUT NOW
25
PIECES
17 writers · 12 outlets
AB
RR
BK
TRENDING▲ +2100%
Mega Man 11
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 9 outlets
MM
SW
RR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
SB
RR
KH
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Disco Elysium, 3 Minutes to Midnight
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Devil May Cry 5
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Battlerite Royale, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Team Sonic Racing
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Warriors Orochi 4, Assassin's Creed Origins
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sega Ages Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 88 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
NH
Nicole Hall
Push Square·2 Oct 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.