RECAP2015-W061 FEB TO 8 FEB 2015
Week of 1 Feb 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
143
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
94
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
27
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about 1942, Aces of the Luftwaffe, Apotheon
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Mortal Kombat X, Persona 5, The Lost
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Batman: Arkham City, Binary Domain, Citizens of Earth
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Darkest Dungeon, Dungeons of Dredmor, Sunless Sea
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Grow Home, Just Cause 3, Raven's Cry
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
WY
Wesley Yin-Poole
IGN
Eurogamer·6 Feb 2015
Mortal Kombat X's new Living Towers take single-player onlinefeatureonMortal Kombat X
JD
Jordan Devore
Destructoid·6 Feb 2015
Shadow of Mordor picks up eight D.I.C.E. awards, but not game of the yearrounduponMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.