RECAP2018-W4428 OCT TO 4 NOV 2018
Week of 28 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
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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.
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 Call of Cthulhu, Lumino City, Princess Maker 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Fallout 76, God Eater 3, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Creatures, For the King
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
JG
Jill Grodt
Writing about Feudal Alloy, Tetris Effect, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 writers filed this week.
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03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
DM
Dave Meikleham
GamesRadar+
VG247·2 Nov 2018
Destiny 2 Forsaken review: a welcoming, ace expansion that delivers Cayde-killing thrillsreviewonDestiny 2: Forsaken
EB
Eric Bailey
Nintendo Life·1 Nov 2018
Moonlighter (Switch) - A Curiously Appealing Mix Between Zelda And A Shopkeeping Simreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.