RECAP2015-W506 DEC TO 13 DEC 2015
Week of 6 Dec 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
128
-16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
101
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
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: Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Detroit: Become Human, Destiny: The Taken King, Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
R
Rps
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V, 80 Days, Invisible, Inc.
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about XCOM 2, The Static Speaks My Name, Guild of Dungeoneering
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about MechWarrior Online, Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 4: A Block and a Hard Place, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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
JG
Javy Gwaltney
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.