RECAP2019-W2119 MAY TO 26 MAY 2019
Week of 19 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
112
+6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
80
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
75
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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.
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Fire Emblem Heroes, Mario Kart Tour, Realm Royale Reforged
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (3).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Ritual of the Moon
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Pathologic 2, Hacknet
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Everybody's Golf VR, Firewall Zero Hour, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JD
Jordan Devore
Writing about Everybody's Golf VR, Layers of Fear 2, Observation
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 75 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
SG
Seth G Macy
IGN·24 May 2019
Assassin's Creed III Remastered for Switch ReviewreviewonAssassin's Creed III Remastered
ZG
Zion Grassl
Nintendo Life·24 May 2019
Baba Is You (Switch) - A Truly Unique Puzzler That Will Train Or Maim Your Brainreview
KA
Kim Armstrong
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 May 2019
Will It Harvest Moon? - a beginner’s field guide to rehabilitating inferior gamesfeatureonProject Zomboid+ 2 more
OR
Ollie Reynolds
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·22 May 2019
Project Nimbus: Complete Edition (Switch) - Slick But Shallow Robot ActionreviewonProject Nimbus: Complete Edition
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.