RECAP2019-W4320 OCT TO 27 OCT 2019
Week of 20 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
124
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
91
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Final Fantasy VII Remake, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about The Outer Worlds, Control, Cat Quest II
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
CT
Chris TapsellEurogamer
Writing about Crusader Kings III, Pokémon Sword, Sword and Shield: Arena VR
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Return of the Obra Dinn
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (3).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Control, Marvel's Iron Man VR, Marvel's Spider-Man 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.