RECAP2017-W028 JAN TO 15 JAN 2017
Week of 8 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
105
+19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
92
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together!
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2), Sunday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about One Chance, Raft, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Gravity Rush 2, Trash Panic, Horizon Zero Dawn
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Pictopix, Prey
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Sea of Thieves, Splatoon 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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.