RECAP2020-W0419 JAN TO 26 JAN 2020
Week of 19 Jan 2020The 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
85
-13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
61
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
49
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.
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Doom Eternal, Gravity Error, Kingdom Hearts III: Re Mind
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SV
Sin Vega
Writing about Jump Space, Six Ages: Ride like the Wind, Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Music Racer, Red Bow, Shenmue III
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about PUBG: Battlegrounds
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Kingdom Hearts III: Re Mind, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 56 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
SB
Scott Baird
Screen Rant·22 Jan 2020
The Witcher 3 Remastered: Locating and Crafting the Cat School GearnewsonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.