RECAP2018-W4214 OCT TO 21 OCT 2018
Week of 14 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
117
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
42
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +500%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
15 writers · 10 outlets
MS
BK
MC
TRENDING▲ +967%
SoulCalibur VI
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
8 writers · 6 outlets
SV
RR
CC
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
CA
CD
LC
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.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Frostpunk, LEGO DC Super-Villains, The Hex
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Space Hulk: Tactics, The Light Keeps Us Safe
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about RimWorld, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Nine Parchments, SoulCalibur VI
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
MH
Malindy Hetfeld
Writing about Resonance of Fate
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
NE
Nathanial Eker
Push Square·18 Oct 2018
Fast Striker - Retro Shoot 'em Up Action That Isn't Too FastreviewonFast Striker
TP
Tom Power
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Oct 2018
Metro Exodus wants you to feel liberated from all those trips through the tunnelspreviewonMetro Exodus
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.