RECAP2019-W508 DEC TO 15 DEC 2019
Week of 8 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
126
+30% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
78
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
97
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Shovel Knight: King of Cards
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
CC
AB
MS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CC
SV
JB
TRENDING -43%
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
3 writers · 4 outlets
AB
EM
GB
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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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Eastward, Fortnite
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (7).
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Rps
Writing about Life Is Strange 2, Planescape: Torment
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Matt Cox
Writing about Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada, GTFO, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Babylon's Fall, Dark Souls, Ghost of Tsushima
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
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Alice Bell
Writing about BioShock 4, Gang Beasts, Globesweeper: Hex Puzzler
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 73 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
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Jacob-Corbin
Polygon·11 Dec 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.