RECAP2016-W067 FEB TO 14 FEB 2016
Week of 7 Feb 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
148
+17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
101
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia, Dark Souls III, Hitman
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Firewatch, Gone Home, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (3).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Unravel, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Cookie Clicker
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Looking Back, Perfect, Project X Zone 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Homefront: The Revolution, Project X Zone 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 96 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
OA
Oli A. White
Polygon·12 Feb 2016
Firewatch took away our ability to be good people, and that's where it shinesopiniononFirewatch
JL
Jakejames Lugo
IGN·10 Feb 2016
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 ReviewreviewonNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.