RECAP2019-W063 FEB TO 10 FEB 2019
Week of 3 Feb 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
112
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
68
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.
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.
JM
Joe Merrick
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Anthem, Days Gone, Devil May Cry 5
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DT
Daniel Tack
Writing about Artifact, Legend of Mana, Slay the Spire
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Breach, Purrfect Date, Thief: The Dark Project
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Apex Legends, The Stillness of the Wind
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
DM
Daniel Major
Nintendo Life·9 Feb 2019
Behind The Scenes On Sensible Software's Unreleased SNES Bomberman Beaterfeature
DP
Dom Peppiatt
Eurogamer
GamesRadar+·7 Feb 2019
Devil May Cry 5 preview: "It could be the most fun we’re going to have from an action game in 2019"previewonDevil May Cry 5
SL
Shannon Liao
The Verge·7 Feb 2019
PC Building Simulator review: a complex hobby becomes goofy funreviewonPC Building Simulator
S
Stephen-Wilds
Polygon·6 Feb 2019
Red Dead Redemption 2 can be a struggle for players with poor eyesightopiniononRed Dead Redemption 2
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.