RECAP2016-W3024 JUL TO 31 JUL 2016
Week of 24 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
128
-2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
90
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
68
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.
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.
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about If Only, No Man's Sky, Quadrilateral Cowboy
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about No Man's Sky, SteamWorld Heist, Super Stardust HD
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (2).
BH
Blake Hester
Writing about Dead Rising 4, Mafia III
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Headlander
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Rive
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.