RECAP2019-W4717 NOV TO 24 NOV 2019
Week of 17 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
110
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
76
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
65
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.
TRENDING▲ +967%
Shenmue III
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
8 writers · 9 outlets
SB
CC
LD
TRENDING▲ +43%
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
BC
JR
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
VB
MC
DR
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.
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Shenmue III, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Gylt
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
WY
Wesley Yin-PooleIGN
Writing about Terminator: Resistance, Everwild, Sea of Thieves
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Narcos: Rise of the Cartels, The Legend of Bum-bo
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Animus: Harbinger, Children of Morta, Thief of Thieves: Season One
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
CP
Craig Pearson
Writing about Red Dead Redemption 2, Resistance: Fall of Man, Terminator: Resistance
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 71 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
CC
Chase Carter
Rock Paper Shotgun·24 Nov 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.