RECAP2016-W2412 JUN TO 19 JUN 2016
Week of 12 Jun 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
241
+42% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
94
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
128
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▲ +3500%
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
9 writers · 4 outlets
TW
BR
TP
TRENDING▲ +400%
Watch Dogs 2
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
SB
EF
SR
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Titanfall 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
SB
BH
RM
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about God of War, The Last Guardian, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
23 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (8), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3), Friday (2).
AM
Aj Moser
Writing about The Last Guardian, The Winter, Tom Clancy's The Division
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
HM
Haley MacLean
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Dishonored 2, Farpoint
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (7), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Stellaris, Gladiabots
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Outlast II, Gears of War 4, LawBreakers
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 89 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
LV
Leo Vader
Game Informer·19 Jun 2016
The Top 7 Weirdest Moments From E3 2016
CN
Casey Newton
The Verge·14 Jun 2016
The 7 best game trailers from Sony’s E3 2016 press event A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.