RECAP2019-W0313 JAN TO 20 JAN 2019
Week of 13 Jan 2019The 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
116
+43% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
120
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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▲ +2700%
Vane
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
EE
KH
CM
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
ST
ET
JT
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
MB
LC
JC
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.
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Escape from Tarkov
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Dying: Reborn, Octahedron: Transfixed Edition, Onimusha: Warlords
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about The First Tree, Katana Zero
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Bury me, my Love, Knight Lore
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Metro Exodus
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
SB
Sarah Basma
Push Square·17 Jan 2019
Smoke and Sacrifice - Dark and Rueful Survival RPGreviewonSmoke and Sacrifice
ML
Matteo Lupetti
Eurogamer·16 Jan 2019
Zelda 2 is great, and you should try it on the SwitchfeatureonZelda II: The Adventure of Link
CA
Callum Agnew
VG247·14 Jan 2019
7 games that depict the ravaged wastes of Brexit BritainrounduponDevil May Cry 5+ 6 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.