RECAP2015-W4425 OCT TO 1 NOV 2015
Week of 25 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
161
-13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
97
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
123
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +833%
Halo 5: Guardians
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
WY
EM
MM
TRENDING▲ +900%
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
IB
JP
DW
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Park
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CC
DW
JC
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +71%
Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 2: Assembly Required
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
Fallout 4
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +100%
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +700%
Driveclub Bikes
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
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 Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rainbow Six Siege, Battleborn
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about WiLD, Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (2).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Fallout 3, Wheels of Aurelia
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Miitomo, Bayonetta 2, Extreme Exorcism
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 92 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
KG
Kris Goorhuis
VG247·30 Oct 2015
10 Steam Greenlight games most likely to succeedrounduponThis Is the Police+ 4 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.