RECAP2018-W492 DEC TO 9 DEC 2018
Week of 2 Dec 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
140
+27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
101
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +860%
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 10 outlets
AW
CC
MR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Just Cause 4
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
8 writers · 9 outlets
JW
ST
CD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Earth Defense Force 5
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
JP
CM
JJ
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +167%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Tetris Effect
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +9%
Ashen
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
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.
R
Rps
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, God of War
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Artifact
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Far Cry New Dawn, Resident Evil 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Biomutant, Pokémon Go
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 96 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.