RECAP2016-W0821 FEB TO 28 FEB 2016
Week of 21 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
166
+3% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
107
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
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.
TRENDING▲ +550%
Far Cry: Primal
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13
PIECES
13 writers · 9 outlets
EE
SB
KM
TRENDING▲ +3500%
SuperHot
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9
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
PK
BD
CD
TRENDING▲ +833%
The Flame in the Flood
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7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
BD
CD
JG
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode 1: In Too Deep
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5 writers · 5 outlets
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +129%
Street Fighter V
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +14%
XCOM 2
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
-50%
Hitman Go
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
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.
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Neverending Nightmares, Sunless Sea, The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode 1: In Too Deep
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (4).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about The Walking Dead: Michonne, Tom Clancy's The Division, Axiom Verge
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (4).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Impressions, Californium
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
CT
Connor Trinske
Writing about Styx: Shards of Darkness, Dark Souls III, Dirt Rally
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Reaction, Sadame
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (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
EH
Emma H. Pira
Pure Xbox·23 Feb 2016
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.