RECAP2016-W5225 DEC TO 1 JAN 2017
Week of 25 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
87
-26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
43
across 11 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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 3Souls, Game of the Year, Looking Back
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
R
Rps
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
AO
Alex OlneyNintendo Life
Writing about Day Seven
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).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, The Last Guardian, Dark Souls III
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (2).
UT
Usgamer Team
Writing about Game of the Year
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 38 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
VN
Victor Nowogurski
Push Square·27 Dec 2016
Game of the Year 2016: Victor's Personal PlayStation PicksrounduponStardew Valley+ 5 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.