RECAP2019-W4213 OCT TO 20 OCT 2019
Week of 13 Oct 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
139
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
106
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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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Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bound, Concrete Genie, Demon's Souls
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RP
Robert PurcheseEurogamer
Writing about Change: A Homeless Survival Experience, Kine, Planescape: Torment
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Clash Royale, Concrete Genie, Farewell
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
CT
Chris TapsellEurogamer
Writing about Eastward, Legends of Runeterra, Moving Out
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Riot
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
SL
Sarah Leboeuf
Polygon·17 Oct 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.