RECAP2015-W4822 NOV TO 29 NOV 2015
Week of 22 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
107
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
71
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
79
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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▲ +3100%
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
RS
SB
CC
TRENDING -64%
Fallout 4
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
AM
WY
KA
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 3: The Last Place You Look
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
BS
DN
JD
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Star Wars Battlefront
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
-48%
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +100%
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Mass Effect 2
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
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.
GS
Graham Smith
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, Game of the Year, Mass Effect 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Fallout 4, Hard West
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Affordable Space Adventures, Fast Racing Neo, Share
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Aaru's Awakening, Apotheon, Black Friday
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 66 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.