RECAP2015-W193 MAY TO 10 MAY 2015
Week of 3 May 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
145
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
96
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
83
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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▲ +2500%
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
13 writers · 11 outlets
SB
MF
JR
TRENDING▲ +800%
Project CARS
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
OW
SB
JJ
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Chroma Squad
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
BS
JT
MC
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Kerbal Space Program
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
Broken Age
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +100%
Wasteland 2
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +500%
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 Batman: Arkham Knight, Payday 2, Risen 3: Titan Lords - Enhanced Edition
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (5), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Project CARS, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Shovel Knight
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed, High Strangeness, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Dota 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Brogue
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 91 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
SW
Synthia Weires
GameSpot·8 May 2015
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition GiveawaynewsonMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor & Game of the Year
TH
Tamoor Hussain
GameSpot
GameSpot·7 May 2015
Wasteland 2 Game of the Year Edition Is a Free Upgrade on PCnewsonWasteland 2 & Game of the Year
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.