RECAP2017-W0422 JAN TO 29 JAN 2017
Week of 22 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
107
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
73
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
59
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
TRENDING▲ +967%
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
OUT NOW
17
PIECES
16 writers · 12 outlets
SB
AD
AM
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Tales of Berseria
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
JD
RR
LC
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
CC
KW
LJ
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.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Evangeline, imprint-X, A Normal Lost Phone
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Nioh, Day of the Tentacle Remastered
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Sonic Mania
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Saturday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Kentucky Route Zero, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Stunt Island
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 68 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
AS
Alex Simmons
IGN·25 Jan 2017
6 Things We Learned About Ghost Recon WildlandsnewsonTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
MK
Merritt K
Aftermath
Polygon·24 Jan 2017
Ladykiller in a Bind shows that we’re not ready to handle messy queer storiesopiniononLadykiller in a Bind
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.