RECAP2016-W1724 APR TO 1 MAY 2016
Week of 24 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
142
-10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
92
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +2700%
Severed
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
SB
BS
ZF
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Alienation
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
SB
ST
JD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Hitman: Episode 2 - Sapienza
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
SH
TH
LR
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode 3: What We Deserve
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
Offworld Trading Company
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Battleborn
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Hitman
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +300%
Kirby: Planet Robobot
OUT NOW
2 writers · 2 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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Come Together, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Dreadnought
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Kirby: Planet Robobot, SteamWorld Heist
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Battleborn, Elite: Dangerous - Horizons, King's Quest: Chapter 3 - Once Upon A Climb
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
PV
Pete Volk
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Opus: The Day We Found Earth, Proteus, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
PV
Pete Volk
Polygon·27 Apr 2016
MSI preview: SuperMassive eSports, champions of Turkey and the International Wild Cardpreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.