RECAP2015-W5113 DEC TO 20 DEC 2015
Week of 13 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
114
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
86
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.
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.
R
Rps
Writing about Her Story, Just Cause 3, Life Is Strange
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Share, Star Wars
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Devilian, Real Life
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper, Yakuza 5
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
MD
Mitch Dyer & Jose Otero
IGN·16 Dec 2015
Hideo Kojima Talks New Studio, 'Edgy' PlayStation Game, and the FutureinterviewonDeath Stranding
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.