RECAP2016-W327 AUG TO 14 AUG 2016
Week of 7 Aug 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
115
-17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
63
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
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.
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about BioShock: The Collection, Dead Rising: Triple Pack, Mafia III
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about No Man's Sky, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Price is Right
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about No Man's Sky, Hearthstone: One Night in Karazhan, World of Warcraft: Legion
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Abzu, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
AM
Aj Moser
Writing about Battlefield 1, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, Sid Meier's Civilization VI
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 58 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
LP
Luke Pullen
Rock Paper Shotgun·11 Aug 2016
Remembering Marathon Infinity's Opening LevelfeatureonMarathon Infinity
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.