RECAP2019-W378 SEPT TO 15 SEPT 2019
Week of 8 Sept 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
149
+17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
102
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
76
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.
KW
Kimberley Wallace
Writing about Fairy Tail, Nioh 2, Resident Evil Resistance
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Daemon X Machina, Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Yakuza: Like a Dragon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Death Stranding, eFootball PES 2020, NASCAR Heat 4
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Blasphemous, Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition, Hyperforma
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 97 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
RH
Ryland H. Garnett
Rock Paper Shotgun·13 Sept 2019
The It's Winter and Routine Feat developer explains Russian sadness and powerful moodsfeatureonIt's Winter
BA
Benjamin Abbott
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·12 Sept 2019
SEGA Genesis Mini review: "It's everything you'd hope, rose-tinted goggles or not"reviewonSega Genesis Mini
FG
Fraser Gilbert
Pure Xbox
GamesRadar+·12 Sept 2019
eFootball PES 2020 review: “A faithful replication of the beautiful game… the most realistic PES to date”reviewoneFootball PES 2020
DM
Damien Mason
Rock Paper Shotgun·12 Sept 2019
CCS Women’s League hopes to fix Rainbow 6 Siege’s lack of female prosfeatureonSiege
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.