RECAP2019-W3021 JUL TO 28 JUL 2019
Week of 21 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
114
+24% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +5100%
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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15
PIECES
13 writers · 10 outlets
SW
GJ
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
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12
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
JG
MC
PG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Kill la Kill: If
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
JR
CM
ME
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.
IK
Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Astral Chain, Blair Witch, John Wick Hex
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
NC
Nate Crowley
Writing about Biotope: Aquarium Simulator, Cantata, Dwarf Fortress
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
SV
Suriel Vazquez
Writing about Company of Heroes 2, Death Stranding, Doom Eternal
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Saturday (3).
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Fantasy Strike, Pawarumi, Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
SR
Steven Reeves
Eurogamer·27 Jul 2019
Just one more thing: plotting the similarities between Columbo and Hitmanfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.