RECAP2015-W5327 DEC TO 3 JAN 2016
Week of 27 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
80
-30% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
45
across 9 outlets
GAMES COVERED
78
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.
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, Shenmue III, Braid
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Shovel Knight, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Hyrule Warriors: Legends
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Game of the Year, Fallout 4
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Splatoon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JR
Jaz Rignall
Writing about Asteroids, Defender, Donkey Kong
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 40 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.