RECAP2018-W417 OCT TO 14 OCT 2018
Week of 7 Oct 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
128
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
97
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
104
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▲ +186%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
SB
LC
LC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The World Ends with You: Final Remix
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
MV
GJ
CA
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
WWE 2K19
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CC
SM
BW
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Fallout 76
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
-45%
Resident Evil 2: The Ghost Survivors
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Hitman 2
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +500%
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 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below, Fallout 4
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Europa Universalis: Rome, Imperator: Rome, Megaquarium
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Beat Saber, Blood & Truth
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Overcooked! 2, Pato Box
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 92 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
E
Eric-van-Allen
Polygon·10 Oct 2018
The World Ends With You’s Nintendo Switch remaster matches the platform perfectlyreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.