RECAP2018-W5116 DEC TO 23 DEC 2018
Week of 16 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
136
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
89
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
123
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.
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.
KM
Kirk McKeandIGN
Writing about Beyond Good & Evil, BioShock, Bloodborne
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (4), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
R
Rps
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Atlas, Control, Counter-Strike 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Dusk, Sagebrush
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
CS
Chris ScullionNintendo Life
Writing about Atari Flashback Classics, Battle Princess Madelyn, V-Rally 4
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 84 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.