RECAP2018-W4718 NOV TO 25 NOV 2018
Week of 18 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
98
-25% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
45
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 Bad North, HellSign, Observation
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Paladins, Holopoint
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Astebreed, Collidalot, Ms. Splosion Man
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Battlefield V
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Underworld Ascendant
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
AH
Aimee Hart
Polygon
Rock Paper Shotgun·21 Nov 2018
The Joy of having all my girlfriends aboard in Assassin's Creed OdysseyfeatureonAssassin's Creed Odyssey
JS
Jenna Stoeber
Polygon
Polygon·20 Nov 2018
Fallout 76 succeeds as a fever dream instead of competing as a simulationopiniononFallout 76
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.