RECAP2017-W011 JAN TO 8 JAN 2017
Week of 1 Jan 2017The 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
88
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
68
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
87
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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 Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Diablo III, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, Digimon World: Next Order
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about Battle Garegga Rev.2016, Mega Man V
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AO
Alex OlneyNintendo Life
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 63 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.