RECAP2015-W0815 FEB TO 22 FEB 2015
Week of 15 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
149
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
104
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
84
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
24
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 The Order: 1886, Q*bert: Rebooted, Resogun: Defenders
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about SmileBasic, Story of Seasons, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, Dirty Bomb, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Cities: Skylines, Lucius II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Bloodborne, Code Name S.T.E.A.M., ScreamRide
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 99 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
PD
Paul Dean
Eurogamer·20 Feb 2015
How Paradox is teleporting its way onto the PlayStation 4 with Magicka 2previewonMagicka 2
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.