RECAP2015-W1322 MAR TO 29 MAR 2015
Week of 22 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
152
+6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
100
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
84
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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%
Bloodborne
OUT NOW
16
PIECES
12 writers · 9 outlets
SB
BT
DT
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Pillars of Eternity
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
MM
JW
CZ
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
SB
CW
DR
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Life is Strange: Episode 2 - Out of Time
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +433%
The Sword
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1500%
Battlefield Hardline
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
-14%
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, Star Wars Battlefront, Grand Theft Auto V
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Thursday (5), Friday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Bloodborne, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Batman: Arkham Knight
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Dungeon of the Endless
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about MLB 15: The Show, Evolve, F1 2015
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, Mario Party 10, Affordable Space Adventures
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 95 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
AJ
Arjun Joshi
Nintendo Life·29 Mar 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.