RECAP2018-W4321 OCT TO 28 OCT 2018
Week of 21 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
112
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
82
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
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.
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 Forza Horizon 4, Paw Patrol: On a Roll!, RimWorld
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Splendor
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Call of Cthulhu, Hitman 2, My Hero One's Justice
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (3).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, LEGO DC Super-Villains, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Lethal League Blaze, Shortest Trip to Earth, TheHunter: Call of the Wild
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 77 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
VG
Vivek Gohil
Eurogamer·27 Oct 2018
Marvel's Spider-Man has thought a lot about accessibilityfeatureonMarvel's Spider-Man
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.