RECAP2019-W3525 AUG TO 1 SEPT 2019
Week of 25 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
135
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
99
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
60
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.
TRENDING▲ +4700%
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
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13
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
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GJ
LH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Control
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
BC
AW
BM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
LP
RW
CL
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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Andrew Reiner
Writing about Astral Chain, Cyberpunk 2077, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (3).
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Astral Chain, Minoria, Remnant: From the Ashes
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Hounded, System Shock 2, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, Control, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Hunt: Showdown 1896
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 94 writers filed this week.
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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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Jamie Sharp
Rock Paper Shotgun·30 Aug 2019
The Fallout 76 players who started an art gallery in the wastelandfeatureonFallout 76
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Jordan Sirani
IGN·26 Aug 2019
11 Biggest News Stories Out of Gamescom 2019
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.