RECAP2015-W0922 FEB TO 1 MAR 2015
Week of 22 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
153
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
129
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
18
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.
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
SB
RS
PB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Aaru's Awakening
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CL
CZ
BR
TRENDING▲ +300%
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
JT
SP
VI
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Mortal Kombat X, Final Fantasy: Record Keeper, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, The Order: 1886
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, Breath of Fire IV
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Velocity 2X, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, F-Zero GX, OlliOlli
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
MP
Matthew Pellett
GamesRadar+·26 Feb 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.