RECAP2016-W0928 FEB TO 6 MAR 2016
Week of 28 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
134
-19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
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▲ +1100%
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
TW
MR
RC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
No Man's Sky
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
SB
PW
MR
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Dark Souls III
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
SP
SB
SH
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 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Star Fox 64 3D
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about The Culling, Tom Clancy's The Division, Mirror's Edge Catalyst
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (4).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about No Man's Sky, Fallout 4, Bloodborne
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Umbrella Corps, Killer Instinct: Season 3, Quantum Break
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale, Pokémon Red Version
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
LV
Lorenzo Veloria
GamesRadar+·3 Mar 2016
Tom Clancy's The Division - Road to the ReviewreviewonTom Clancy's The Division
AJ
Anthony John Agnello
GamesRadar+·1 Mar 2016
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HDreviewonThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
NS
Nick Statt
The Verge·1 Mar 2016
Dark Souls 3 hands-on: finding joy in a world that wants you deadpreviewonDark Souls III
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.