RECAP2016-W2917 JUL TO 24 JUL 2016
Week of 17 Jul 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
130
-6% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
80
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
103
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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.
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2, Gears of War 4, Once Again
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (4), Saturday (1).
HM
Haley MacLean
Writing about Dreams, Harvest Moon: Skytree Village, Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 7: Access Denied
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Cities: Skylines, Necropolis, The Black Watchmen
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
PW
Philippa WarrPC Gamer
Writing about A Light In Chorus, Firewatch, Scorn
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 1: Realm of Shadows, Dragon Quest Builders, Mafia III
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), 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
JW
Jamie Wallace
Eurogamer·23 Jul 2016
Jelly Deals roundup: PC downloads, GeForce 1070, Mafia 3 and morefeatureonMafia III
MJ
Mark Johnson
Rock Paper Shotgun·22 Jul 2016
Generation Next, Part 1: How Games Can Benefit From Procedurally Generated LorefeatureonUltima Ratio Regum
HN
Holly Nielsen
Rock Paper Shotgun·20 Jul 2016
What's It Like To Start Anew In Stardew Valley?featureonStardew Valley
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.