RECAP2016-W0714 FEB TO 21 FEB 2016
Week of 14 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
161
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
107
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
73
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.
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Street Fighter V
OUT NOW
18
PIECES
12 writers · 9 outlets
SB
SH
WY
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 8 outlets
JG
PB
CS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
MC
SB
JD
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 Street Fighter V, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about XCOM 2, X-COM: UFO Defense, Firewatch
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Zelda, Blok Drop U
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, One Piece: Burning Blood, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 102 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
JH
Jacob Hull
Push Square·20 Feb 2016
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.