RECAP2015-W4318 OCT TO 25 OCT 2015
Week of 18 Oct 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
186
+21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
114
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
114
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▲ +5900%
Guitar Hero Live
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15
PIECES
15 writers · 11 outlets
EM
CP
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TRENDING▲ +2500%
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
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14
PIECES
13 writers · 12 outlets
SB
AW
TP
TRENDING▲ +1300%
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
OW
CC
MM
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 Star Wars Battlefront, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Doom
FILED
16 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Burnout Paradise
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Star Wars Battlefront, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Battlefield Hardline
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Sword Coast Legends, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Ashes of the Singularity
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
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Adam Smith
Writing about Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, 80 Days, Broforce
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 109 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.