RECAP2015-W468 NOV TO 15 NOV 2015
Week of 8 Nov 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
154
+19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
101
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
159
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▲ +1157%
Fallout 4
OUT NOW
27
PIECES
22 writers · 13 outlets
AM
SB
BK
TRENDING▲ +300%
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 8 outlets
EE
GS
SB
TRENDING▲ +900%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
KB
AD
SB
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.
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, Fallout 4
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Fallout 4
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about SteamWorld Heist, Xenoblade Chronicles X
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Day of the Tentacle, Skyhill, Fallout 4
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Fallout 4, Just Cause 3, Spelunker World
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 96 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
RP
Richard Procter
PC Gamer·10 Nov 2015
Hands-on with WoW: Legion’s demon hunter classpreviewonWorld of Warcraft: Legion
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.