RECAP2019-W3418 AUG TO 25 AUG 2019
Week of 18 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
130
+35% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
76
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.
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.
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Cyber Shadow, Gears 5
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Cyberpunk 2077, Telling Lies, Watch Dogs: Legion
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding, Erica, Resistance 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Gears 5, Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (2).
TP
Tom PhillipsIGN
Writing about Minecraft Dungeons, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
NT
Nick Thorpe
GamesRadar+·23 Aug 2019
Antstream Arcade review: "The Netflix of retro games doesn't feel ready for prime time"review
ET
Ed Thorn
Eurogamer·23 Aug 2019
The Double-A Team: Midway's on fire in Psi-Ops: The Mindgate ConspiracyfeatureonThe Double+ 2 more
TW
Tony Wilson
GamesRadar+
GameSpot·21 Aug 2019
Top 5 New Games On Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC This Week -- August 18-24, 2019rounduponRemnant: From the Ashes+ 3 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.