RECAP2015-W3019 JUL TO 26 JUL 2015
Week of 19 Jul 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
137
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
89
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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 Journey, Driveclub, Dying Light
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Asylum, Democracy 3, Gunpoint
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Guacamelee!, Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Niko: Through the Dream, The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Destiny: The Taken King, Guitar Hero Live, Journey
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 84 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
RW
Robert Whitaker
Rock Paper Shotgun·22 Jul 2015
How Thinking Like A Historian Can Help You Understand Games, From The Witcher 3 To Assassin's Creedfeature
AG
Aleksander Gilyadov
Rock Paper Shotgun·21 Jul 2015
There’s Beautiful Art Even In The Darkest DungeonfeatureonDarkest Dungeon
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.