RECAP2016-W1220 MAR TO 27 MAR 2016
Week of 20 Mar 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
156
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
98
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
JW
JP
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Fallout 4: Automatron
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
EE
JP
RR
TRENDING▲ +2300%
Hyrule Warriors: Legends
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
JO
CC
KH
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 Battleborn, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Dimensional Intersection
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Tom Clancy's The Division, Mass Effect 3
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about A Week, Easter Egg, Replay: VHS Is Not Dead
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about P.A.M.E.L.A., Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, The Lab
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Killzone: Shadow Fall, Easter Eggs, Grand Theft Auto V
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.