RECAP2015-W118 MAR TO 15 MAR 2015
Week of 8 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
192
-1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
113
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
101
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
14
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▲ +5500%
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
SB
BS
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Ori and the Blind Forest
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
TW
BS
CC
TRENDING▲ +2300%
DmC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
SB
TS
JJ
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 Bloodborne, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Forza Horizon 2
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (6), Thursday (1), Friday (6).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Firewatch, Gathering Sky, Ladykiller in a Bind
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (3), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, DmC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition, Flame Over
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Elite: Dangerous, Intrusion 2, Offworld Trading Company
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Frozen Cortex, Sid Meier's Starships
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 108 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
Laurie Blake
Nintendo Life·13 Mar 2015
Metroid: Zero Mission Review (Wii U eShop / GBA)reviewonMetroid: Zero Mission
VS
Vlad Savov
The Verge·12 Mar 2015
Sid Meier’s Starships is the missing link between Civilization and Beyond EarthreviewonSid Meier's Starships
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.