RECAP2019-W0817 FEB TO 24 FEB 2019
Week of 17 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
98
-32% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
74
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.
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Anthem, Apex Legends, Dreams
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Delete, Tametsi
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Close to the Sun, Pharaoh
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Anthem, Far Cry New Dawn
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Apex Legends, Fruit Ninja VR
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.