RECAP2019-W453 NOV TO 10 NOV 2019
Week of 3 Nov 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
107
-27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
75
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
58
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Disco Elysium, Manifold Garden, The Outer Worlds
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Death Stranding, Valfaris: Mecha Therion
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Abandon Ship, PUBG: Battlegrounds
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Saturnalia, The Double
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Need for Speed: Heat, Red Dead Redemption 2, Street Fighter V
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 70 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
IC
Imogen Calypso Mellor
Nintendo Life·10 Nov 2019
Soapbox: Professor Layton And The Psychology Of Puzzle SolvingopiniononLayton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - Deluxe Edition
MO
Mathew Olson
VG247·5 Nov 2019
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Review: Run, Jump, RepeatreviewonMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.