RECAP2016-W0317 JAN TO 24 JAN 2016
Week of 17 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
126
-5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Resident Evil 0
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
EM
SB
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LP
PH
DS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
JP
KH
JH
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Bayonetta 2, Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about BioShock Infinite, X-Plane
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Layers of Fear, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
AO
Alice O'Connor
Writing about Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, Revenge of the Titans
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Saturday (2).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Dying Light: The Following, Fear Equation, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.