RECAP2016-W1327 MAR TO 3 APR 2016
Week of 27 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
141
-10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
103
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
73
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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.
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Adr1ft, Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, EVE: Valkyrie
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
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Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Infinity Runner, Miitomo, PixlCross
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Mike Futter
Writing about Homefront: The Revolution, Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 5: Order Up!, The Walking Dead: Michonne
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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Adam Smith
Writing about Dark Souls III, Gonner, The Chinese Room
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Bunker, Moon Hunters, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 98 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
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Emma Kidwell
Polygon·31 Mar 2016
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.