RECAP2019-W0420 JAN TO 27 JAN 2019
Week of 20 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
106
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
58
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.
TRENDING▲ +540%
Kingdom Hearts III
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11
PIECES
8 writers · 7 outlets
RR
KM
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Jon Shafer's At the Gates
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9
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
JG
LP
FB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Resident Evil 2
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
NR
CC
AW
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.
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Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, Cursed Castilla EX, Fight of Gods
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Pikuniku, Strange Telephone
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Breach
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Slay the Spire
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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
AK
Andrew King
Kotaku
Rock Paper Shotgun·25 Jan 2019
The Joy Of playing Fortnite Battle Royale like an open world gamefeatureonFortnite
XN
Xalavier Nelson Jr
Polygon·25 Jan 2019
Medal of Honor: Airborne, and its many innovations, were buried by Call of DutyopiniononMedal of Honor: Airborne
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.