RECAP2019-W3815 SEPT TO 22 SEPT 2019
Week of 15 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
148
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
102
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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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Chris ScullionNintendo Life
Writing about Arcade Archives: Track & Field, Golazo!, Grid Autosport: Custom Edition
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
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Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about AI: The Somnium Files, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Utawarerumono: Zan
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Untitled Goose Game
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (3).
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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bus Simulator, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Concrete Genie
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
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Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, Mutazione, The Sojourn
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), 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
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Ross Keniston
Nintendo Life·20 Sept 2019
Deadly Premonition Origins (Switch) - A Marvellously Bizarre Cult ClassicreviewonDeadly Premonition Origins
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Aron-Garst
Polygon·16 Sept 2019
Disintegration hands-on: A shooter that requires a touch of patiencepreviewonDisintegration
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.