RECAP2019-W2623 JUN TO 30 JUN 2019
Week of 23 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
130
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
100
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
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.
TRENDING▲ +4300%
The Sinking City
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
AB
LC
DR
TRENDING▲ +350%
Super Mario Maker 2
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
AW
KH
AD
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
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8
PIECES
8 writers · 7 outlets
VB
SW
MH
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.
NR
Nic Reuben
Writing about Hitman 2, Pathologic 2, They Are Billions
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Furwind, We. The Revolution
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Maneater, Midnight Ghost Hunt
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
EK
Emma KentEurogamer
Writing about The Outer Worlds
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SV
Suriel Vazquez
Writing about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Dota 2, Samurai Shodown
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 95 writers filed this week.
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03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
NF
Natalie Flores
Eurogamer·29 Jun 2019
Celebrating the humanisation of queer women through humor in video gamesfeature
CM
Calypso Mellor
SP
Skye Prior
Rock Paper Shotgun·28 Jun 2019
The Joy of Plane Mechanic Simulator's absent pilotfeatureonPlane Mechanic Simulator
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.