RECAP2015-W2224 MAY TO 31 MAY 2015
Week of 24 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
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
90
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Until Dawn, Wander, Yoshi's Woolly World
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Thursday (6), Friday (5).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Oil Tycoon
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Yoshi's Woolly World, New World: Aeternum, Pac-Man 256
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
KW
Kimberley Wallace
Writing about Mad Max, Magnum Opus, Batman: Arkham Knight
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 85 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
AM
Angus Morrison
Rock Paper Shotgun·28 May 2015
Suck It Up, Cupcake: It's Good That WildStar Is Going F2PfeatureonSuck It Up
PG
Patrick Garratt
VG247·26 May 2015
10 reasons why you should buy Destiny's House of Wolves expansionnewsonHouse of Wolves
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.