RECAP2019-W1614 APR TO 21 APR 2019
Week of 14 Apr 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
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
76
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Ritual of the Moon, Heaven's Vault
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Cel Damage HD, Shadow Blade: Reload, Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Supraland, Whispers of a Machine
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Falcon Age, Heaven's Vault, Islanders
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Anno 1800, Dwarf Fortress
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (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
SJ
Sarah James
GamesRadar+
PC Gamer·18 Apr 2019
Command & Conquer Remastered shows us the Construction Yard in its first art previewpreviewonCommand & Conquer: Remastered
RM
Roland Moore-Colyer
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Apr 2019
Acer's Nvidia BFGD is still MIA, but here's a look at their 4K FreeSync HDR Predator CG437KP insteadpreview
A
Alex-Kalogiannis
Polygon·15 Apr 2019
Everyone should experience what I felt playing Assassin’s Creed OdysseyopiniononAssassin's Creed Odyssey
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.