RECAP2019-W491 DEC TO 8 DEC 2019
Week of 1 Dec 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
97
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
86
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
R
Rps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, A Way Out, Babylon's Fall
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
MV
Mitch VogelNintendo Life
Writing about EarthNight, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 3
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Dead Cells, Halo: Reach, Tabletop Simulator
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Unknown, Wildermyth
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
MJ
Matt Jarvis
Eurogamer·6 Dec 2019
What Pokémon Sword and Shield could learn from the Pokémon Trading Card Gamefeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.