RECAP2018-W4611 NOV TO 18 NOV 2018
Week of 11 Nov 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
131
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
98
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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 The Room Three, Aeon of Sands: The Trail
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about The Flame in the Flood, The Yawhg
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Marvel's Spider-Man, Déraciné, Detached
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SE
Sara Elsam
Writing about Detention, Inside, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (4).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 93 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.