RECAP2019-W3311 AUG TO 18 AUG 2019
Week of 11 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
96
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
73
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
57
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
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Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Exception, Gravity Duck, Never Give Up
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Sin Vega
Writing about Hounded, Streets of Rogue, The Path
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (3).
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Imran KhanIGN
Writing about Borderlands 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Doom Eternal
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Dicey Dungeons, Slave Zero, Streets of Rogue
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about A Short Hike, Hyper Light Drifter
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 68 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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Jake Baldwin
Nintendo Life·15 Aug 2019
Inti Creates On Mega Man, Working With Nintendo And Staying True To Its Japanese Rootsfeature
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Bruno Dias
Rock Paper Shotgun·15 Aug 2019
Magic: The Gathering Arena is MtG at its most approachablefeatureonMagic: The Gathering Arena
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.