RECAP2015-W322 AUG TO 9 AUG 2015
Week of 2 Aug 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
177
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
106
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.
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 Battleborn, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Dreadnought
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (4), Friday (6).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops III, FIFA 16, Final Fantasy XV
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Friday (3).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Beyond: Two Souls, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (3), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Homefront: The Revolution, Just Dance 2016, LEGO Dimensions
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about King of Dragon Pass, No Pineapple Left Behind, Passage
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
RC
Ryan Craddock
Nintendo Life·8 Aug 2015
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.