RECAP2016-W5011 DEC TO 18 DEC 2016
Week of 11 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
119
-11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
78
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
77
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Game of the Year, Super Mario Run
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Battle Brothers, Overwatch, TheHunter: Call of the Wild
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
R
Rps
Writing about Dishonored 2, Hitman, Owlboy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Astroneer, Deathmatch Classic
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Dragon Ball Fusions, For Honor, Super Mario Run
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 73 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.