RECAP2015-W101 MAR TO 8 MAR 2015
Week of 1 Mar 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
193
+26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
115
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
117
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▲ +3100%
ScreamRide
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
CC
CS
JJ
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Helldivers
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
SB
RR
CZ
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Zombie Army Trilogy
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
SB
CC
DW
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +1900%
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
Final Fantasy XV
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +200%
Magicka 2
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +1100%
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +200%
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 Dreadnought, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Saturday (5).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Zombie Army Trilogy, Helldivers, CounterSpy
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Dungeon of the Endless, Heroes of the Storm
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Volume, Cities: Skylines, Firewatch
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Alone in the Dark: Illumination, Asteroids: Outpost, Badland
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 110 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
LB
Lowell Bell
Nintendo Life·6 Mar 2015
Japan Weekly: Famitsu Outlines More Details on Splatoon's 'Hero' Mode and MorefeatureonSplatoon
DD
Dan Dawkins
GamesRadar+·5 Mar 2015
GTA Online Heists: First PS4 hands-onpreviewonGrand Theft Auto Online & Grand Theft Auto Online: Heists
AJ
Alex Jones
GamesRadar+·5 Mar 2015
Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars reviewreviewonMario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.