RECAP2019-W1324 MAR TO 31 MAR 2019
Week of 24 Mar 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
131
+31% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
78
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Yoshi's Crafted World
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14
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
AW
GL
BS
TRENDING▲ +157%
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
EE
SH
BC
TRENDING▲ +600%
Generation Zero
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
VB
LC
PH
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.
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Battlefield V, Journey to the Savage Planet
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Battlefield V, Generation Zero, Skyworld
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Unravel Two, Windscape
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet, Yoshi's Crafted World
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Blood & Truth, Concrete Genie, Drawn to Death
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
JB
James Bareham
Polygon·31 Mar 2019
Yoshi’s Crafted World is a symphony of everyday materialsopiniononYoshi's Crafted World
OT
Oscar Taylor-Kent
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·29 Mar 2019
A Plague Tale: Innocence PS4 Preview: Hands-on with one of 2019's potential breakout hitspreviewonA Plague Tale: Innocence
AC
Alex Castro
The Verge·29 Mar 2019
Battlefield V’s Firestorm is a harsh and chaotic take on battle royalereviewonBattlefield V
MP
Matt Patches
Polygon
Polygon·27 Mar 2019
Yoshi’s Crafted World review: Labo as a Nintendo Switch side-scrollerreviewonYoshi's Crafted World
CB
Chris Brandrick
Nintendo Life·25 Mar 2019
Could We See Mario Kart Tour At Apple's Event Today? - Talking PointfeatureonMario Kart Tour
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.