RECAP2019-W232 JUN TO 9 JUN 2019
Week of 2 Jun 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
123
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
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
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
CC
KW
HK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
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6
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
SB
LC
MC
TRENDING▲ +167%
Outer Wilds
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
JC
CD
JG
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.
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Cyberpunk 2077, DayZ
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Journey to the Savage Planet, Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Ritual of the Moon, Control, The Sinking City
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
KC
Katharine Castle
Writing about Burly Men at Sea, Octopath Traveler
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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
SW
Samantha Webb
Rock Paper Shotgun·6 Jun 2019
9 underrated Morrowind characters and the spin-off games they deserverounduponThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.