RECAP2019-W5115 DEC TO 22 DEC 2019
Week of 15 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
106
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
73
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
99
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.
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Rps
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, Kine
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
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Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, Death Stranding, Destiny
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Shenmue III, Days Gone, Against All Odds
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CS
Chris ScullionNintendo Life
Writing about Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Football Manager 2020 Touch
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 68 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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Kevin Nguyen
The Verge·18 Dec 2019
Why Fire Emblem: Three Houses is my game of the yearrounduponFire Emblem: Three Houses
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.