RECAP2019-W0527 JAN TO 3 FEB 2019
Week of 27 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
109
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
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.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Resident Evil 2, Subnautica: Below Zero, Unsung Warriors
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Observer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Crackdown 3, Far Cry New Dawn, Praey for the Gods
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, Tangledeep, Thea: The Awakening
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Life Is Strange 2, Wargroove
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 69 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
CM
Corey Milne
Rock Paper Shotgun·29 Jan 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.