RECAP2015-W1429 MAR TO 5 APR 2015
Week of 29 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
127
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
94
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
11
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Delay, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Mewtwo
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V, Mortal Kombat X, SteamWorld Heist
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (2).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance, Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion, Paperbound
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Cities: Skylines, Etherium, The Evil Within
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Killzone 2, Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna, Thief
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
LR
Luke Reilly
IGN
IGN·1 Apr 2015
Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious ReviewreviewonForza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious
AR
Andy Robertson
Nintendo Life·1 Apr 2015
Parent Trap: What My Kids Want From Lego's Toys To Life Concept, Lego DimensionsfeatureonLEGO Dimensions
JP
Joe Parlock
Polygon·31 Mar 2015
Writing characters, not symptoms: A gamer with autism discusses what our hobby gets wrongopinion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.