RECAP2016-W013 JAN TO 10 JAN 2016
Week of 3 Jan 2016The 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
100
+25% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
69
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +833%
Amplitude
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
MM
CC
SP
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 4: A Block and a Hard Place
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
BS
DN
GB
TRENDING▲ +500%
Hardware: Rivals
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
SB
CC
MR
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India, EA Sports UFC 2, Game of the Year
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Smite
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Game of the Year, Hardware: Rivals, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Force of Elements, Pony Island
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 64 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
MH
Marcel Hoang
Destructoid·8 Jan 2016
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.