RECAP2016-W3818 SEPT TO 25 SEPT 2016
Week of 18 Sept 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
143
-2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
92
across 14 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.
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Forza Horizon 3
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
12 writers · 9 outlets
MC
JT
LR
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Virginia
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
CC
CD
PD
TRENDING▲ +500%
NBA 2K17
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
MB
KB
CB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Destiny: Rise of Iron
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +900%
FIFA 17
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +900%
Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 2: Children of Arkham
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Gears of War 4
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +500%
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.
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Crossout, The Crew, RimWorld
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Gravity Rush 2, Gravity Rush Remastered, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DT
Daniel Tack
Writing about Darkest Dungeon, Dark Souls III, Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about NBA 2K17, Battlefield 1, Game of the Year
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
GS
Graham Smith
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 87 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
RG
Richard Grisham
GamesRadar+·25 Sept 2016
NBA 2K17 review: "The model that all modern sports video games should aspire to"reviewonNBA 2K17
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.