RECAP2015-W2010 MAY TO 17 MAY 2015
Week of 10 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
162
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
100
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
10
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▲ +1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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15
PIECES
11 writers · 9 outlets
RR
SB
CC
TRENDING▲ +3500%
Invisible, Inc.
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
CD
LP
SH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
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7
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
SB
AR
JW
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.
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Mike Futter
Writing about Overwatch, Lost Dimension, Galactic Civilizations III
FILED
18 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (3), Thursday (5), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Syndicate, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Destiny: The Dark Below
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Toren, Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains, Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Joe Juba
Writing about Massive Chalice, Assassin's Creed Syndicate
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (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
CB
Chris Bratt
Eurogamer·14 May 2015
"Weird and hard and super awkward": Klei talks Invisible, Inc. and Early AccessfeatureonInvisible, Inc.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.