RECAP2016-W198 MAY TO 15 MAY 2016
Week of 8 May 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
137
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
75
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.
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 Attack on Titan, Doom, Gigantic
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (4), Thursday (2), Friday (3).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about Battleborn
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Doom, Impressions, Stellaris
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Distant Worlds: Universe, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Stellaris
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Battlefield 1, Dark Souls III, Kathy Rain
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 85 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
SP
Sam Prell
GamesRadar+·11 May 2016
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.