RECAP2016-W1510 APR TO 17 APR 2016
Week of 10 Apr 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
120
-15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
80
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
80
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▲ +65%
Dark Souls III
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 5 outlets
SB
ME
PK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Stories: The Path of Destinies
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
RR
BS
CT
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Fallout 4: Wasteland Workshop
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
JP
RR
NR
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.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Bastion, Sorcery! Part 3, SteamWorld Dig
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Corpse Party, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Severed
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Battlezone, Dark Souls III, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Fallout 4, Fallout 4: Wasteland Workshop, Stories: The Path of Destinies
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
CT
Connor Trinske
Writing about Fear the Walking Dead: Dead Run, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, Stories: The Path of Destinies
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 75 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.