RECAP2017-W0819 FEB TO 26 FEB 2017
Week of 19 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
121
+11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
82
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
78
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.
TRENDING▲ +633%
Horizon Zero Dawn
OUT NOW
13
PIECES
11 writers · 8 outlets
SB
CC
MR
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Mass Effect: Andromeda
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
JG
AP
TP
TRENDING▲ +367%
Halo Wars 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
SS
LP
FB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
For Honor
OUT NOW
6 writers · 6 outlets
▲ +71%
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +700%
Overwatch
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +700%
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
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 Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Not a Hero
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Else Heart.Break(), King of Dragon Pass, Smite Tactics
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Saturday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Mass Effect: Andromeda
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about 1-2-Switch, Fast RMX, Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 77 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
ZD
Zoe Delahunty Light
GamesRadar+·20 Feb 2017
Horizon Zero Dawn review: "A world that begs you to explore every corner"reviewonHorizon Zero Dawn
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.