RECAP2019-W195 MAY TO 12 MAY 2019
Week of 5 May 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
90
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
64
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
63
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Shakedown: Hawaii
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
ST
CC
CD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
SB
MR
DS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mordhau
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
MC
CH
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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Alice Bell
Writing about Ritual of the Moon, Virginia, Letters: A Written Adventure
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Fortnite, Fortnite: Season 9, Hades
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Everybody's Golf VR, Final Fantasy VII Remake, MediEvil
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Bastion, Echo
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Code Vein, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Samurai Shodown
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 59 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
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Nintendo Life·7 May 2019
Aggelos (Switch) - A Fast-Paced Pixel Platforming Adventure That Doesn't Waste Your Timereview
CW
Chris Wallace
Rock Paper Shotgun·6 May 2019
How YouTube let's plays are preserving video game historyfeatureonLet's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment - Teaches Typing
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.