RECAP2016-W494 DEC TO 11 DEC 2016
Week of 4 Dec 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
134
+26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
85
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
R
Rps
Writing about Burly Men at Sea, Curious Expedition, Darkest Dungeon
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about The Last Guardian, Dead Rising 4, I Expect You to Die
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
MV
Mitch VogelNintendo Life
Writing about Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Flying High
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Stellar Tactics, Through, Aliens: Colonial Marines
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about The Last of Us Part II, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Vane
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 78 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
SL
Sam Loveridge
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+·10 Dec 2016
Steep review: "A peaceful distraction that eventually wears thin"reviewonSteep
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.