RECAP2015-W376 SEPT TO 13 SEPT 2015
Week of 6 Sept 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
127
-17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
74
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.
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Forza Motorsport 6
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10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
MR
EM
CC
TRENDING▲ +100%
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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10
PIECES
8 writers · 6 outlets
AM
DH
DR
TRENDING▲ +54%
Super Mario Maker
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5
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
KH
CC
CD
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 The Swindle, Super Mario 3D Land, Each Other
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (3), Sunday (3).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Destiny: The Taken King, Drop Zone: Under Fire
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (4).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Street Fighter V, Super Mario Maker, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Ascendant, Heroes of the Storm, Super Mario Maker
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Saturday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Verdict
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
BW
Brianna Wu
Polygon·8 Sept 2015
Metal Gear Solid 5's best secret: You can play the campaign as a womanopiniononMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.