RECAP2019-W324 AUG TO 11 AUG 2019
Week of 4 Aug 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
86
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
59
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
74
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
CT
BR
DW
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LC
CC
MR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
FIFA 20
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3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
CT
MK
FJ
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.
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Apex Legends, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (6).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Indivisible, Picross: Lord of the Nazarick, Pokémon Sword
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Omega Labyrinth Life, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about The Double
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20, Skater XL
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 54 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.