RECAP2017-W065 FEB TO 12 FEB 2017
Week of 5 Feb 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
93
-19% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
93
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.
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.
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Call of Cthulhu, Necromunda: Underhive Wars, Stealth
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
ZW
Zak Wojnar
Writing about Into the Breach, Rainbow Six Siege, Rock Band VR
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Banished, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Rymdkapsel
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Fire Emblem Heroes
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Alwa's Awakening, Raft, Stranded Deep
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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
KS
Kent Sutherland
Rock Paper Shotgun·7 Feb 2017
Dwarf Fortress and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad InterfacefeatureonDwarf Fortress
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.