RECAP2019-W0710 FEB TO 17 FEB 2019
Week of 10 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
145
+29% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
107
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
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.
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John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Crackdown 3, Eastshade, Globesweeper
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Jump Force, Metro Exodus
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Dan StapletonIGN
Writing about Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Far Cry 4, Far Cry 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Metro Exodus, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Yakuza Kiwami
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Andrew WebsterThe Verge
Writing about Far Cry New Dawn, Tetris 99
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 102 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
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Mary Beth Griggs
The Verge·13 Feb 2019
Civilization VI’s new expansion is a disaster-filled look at climate changereviewonSid Meier's Civilization VI
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Laura Francis
Eurogamer·13 Feb 2019
Character before condition - looking at gaming and autism representationfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.