RECAP2016-W2229 MAY TO 5 JUN 2016
Week of 29 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
123
-20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
79
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
90
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.
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Dangerous Golf
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
TW
ST
CD
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
SB
RR
JJ
TRENDING▲ +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 3 outlets
RR
CC
MW
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Overwatch
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +7%
Hitman: Episode 3 - Marrakesh
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +200%
Dead Island Definitive Collection
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
OUT NOW
2 writers · 1 outlets
-65%
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.
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Strife, Technobabylon
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about One Piece: Burning Blood, Doom, Fallout 4: Far Harbor
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Dangerous Golf, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
AM
Aj Moser
Writing about Edge of Nowhere, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about The Last Guardian, Horizon Zero Dawn, Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 74 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.