RECAP2016-W3131 JUL TO 7 AUG 2016
Week of 31 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
138
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +2300%
Abzu
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 12 outlets
RM
ZF
PW
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 1: Realm of Shadows
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
SB
AR
TH
TRENDING▲ +50%
No Man's Sky
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 2 outlets
SB
SS
RI
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 Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 1: Realm of Shadows, No Man's Sky, Red Dead Redemption 2
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Prey, Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 1: Realm of Shadows, Dishonored 2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Batman: The Telltale Series, Disney's Aladdin
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
SV
Suriel Vazquez
Writing about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Retribution, Mafia III
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about R.U.S.E., Virtua Tennis
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
SV
Suriel Vazquez
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.