RECAP2019-W2730 JUN TO 7 JUL 2019
Week of 30 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
75
-42% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
58
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
57
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.
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Beckett, Failed State, Hitchhiker
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Roblox, Starseed Pilgrim
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, Sea of Solitude
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Shenmue III, Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Sunday (2).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Dota Underlords, Star Wars: Battlefront II
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 53 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
JS
J. Szpilka
Rock Paper Shotgun·4 Jul 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.