RECAP2018-W509 DEC TO 16 DEC 2018
Week of 9 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
127
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
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.
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).
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Game of the Year, Gungrave VR, NieR: Automata
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
KM
Kirk McKeandIGN
Writing about A Way Out, Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (1).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, PlanetSide Arena, Street Fighter V
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
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Benjamin Burns
Eurogamer·13 Dec 2018
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.