RECAP2019-W2012 MAY TO 19 MAY 2019
Week of 12 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
106
+18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
55
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
DR
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
Writing about Akane, Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder, Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Fable II, The God
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Astrologaster, Once Upon a Crime in the West
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Just Cause 2, Rage 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Mini Metro, Snakeybus
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
DB
Daryl Baxter
GamesRadar+
Nintendo Life·18 May 2019
Silence (Switch) - A Gorgeous Point-And-Click Adventure For Genre NewcomersreviewonSilence
ID
Ian Dean
GamesRadar+·14 May 2019
The Surge 2: Hands-on with the Soulsborne trying to carve out its own legacypreviewonThe Surge 2
JG
Janet Garcia
IGN·13 May 2019
Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 3 ReviewreviewonLife is Strange 2: Episode 3 - Wastelands
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.