RECAP2015-W024 JAN TO 11 JAN 2015
Week of 4 Jan 2015The 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
96
+269% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
71
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
88
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
50
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
Smite
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
PW
CT
MF
TRENDING▲ +300%
No Man's Sky
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
SB
MM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Star Wars: Battlefront
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 2 outlets
SB
MM
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Tom Clancy's The Division
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
Bloodborne
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Destiny, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, No Man's Sky
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Smite
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Grey Goo, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Sentinels
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about The Next Penelope, Underground
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Total War: Attila, Transport Tycoon, Warhammer Quest
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 66 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
GV
Graeme Virtue
Eurogamer·11 Jan 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.