RECAP2015-W339 AUG TO 16 AUG 2015
Week of 9 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
136
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
11 writers · 9 outlets
SB
PK
CD
TRENDING▲ +122%
Galak-Z: The Dimensional
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
KB
VI
EN
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Super Mario Maker
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 2 outlets
AO
PJ
HC
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Devil's Third, F-1 Race, F1 Race
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Mad Max, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Disney Infinity 3.0, The Way, The Legend of Legacy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (3).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Dark Souls III, Mafia III, Skyshine's Bedlam
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Empyrion: Galactic Survival, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Mark of the Ninja
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.