RECAP2015-W1612 APR TO 19 APR 2015
Week of 12 Apr 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
132
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
84
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
78
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Mortal Kombat X, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars: Battlefront
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Star Wars: Battlefront, Grand Theft Auto V, Invisible, Inc.
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Sandstorm, Dota 2, EVE: Valkyrie
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Boxboy!, Super Time Force Ultra, Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 79 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
TS
Tom Sykes
GamesRadar+·16 Apr 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.