RECAP2015-W2331 MAY TO 7 JUN 2015
Week of 31 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
167
+15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
107
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
112
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
16
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 Batman: Arkham Knight, Battleborn, Clandestine: Anomaly
FILED
14 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Splatoon, The Developer
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
KW
Kimberley Wallace
Writing about LEGO Dimensions, Disney Infinity 3.0, Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Color Assembler, Hatred, Pixel Dungeon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Tetris Ultimate, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Wander
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 102 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
HC
Hershall Cook
Game Informer·5 Jun 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.