RECAP2019-W287 JUL TO 14 JUL 2019
Week of 7 Jul 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
105
+40% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
76
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
57
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Dragon Quest Builders 2
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
RW
RR
CA
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
SolSeraph
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
SW
JD
JJ
TRENDING▲ +78%
Sea of Solitude
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
VB
LC
JT
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Stranger Things 3: The Game
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
Dr. Mario World
OUT NOW
2 writers · 3 outlets
Super Mario Maker 2
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
-50%
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.
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Firewatch, King of Crabs, Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
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Martin Robinson
Writing about Dragon Quest Builders 2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Grid
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
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Brendan Caldwell
Writing about 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Pathologic 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Matt Cox
Writing about Dota Underlords
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 71 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
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Imogen Beckhelling
Eurogamer·9 Jul 2019
Stranger Things 3: The Game review - beware spoilers in this tedious spin-offreviewonStranger Things 3: The Game
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Robert Yang
Rock Paper Shotgun·8 Jul 2019
How 'climate crisis games' could better model our problems and our futurefeatureonSandcastles
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.