RECAP2016-W3421 AUG TO 28 AUG 2016
Week of 21 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
155
-13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
95
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about AdVenture Capitalist, God of War, God of War III
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Impressions, Owlboy
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Divinity: Original Sin II, Final Fantasy XV, Gravity Rush 2
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SV
Suriel Vazquez
Writing about Battlezone, Footage, Mafia III
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Sunday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 90 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.