RECAP2017-W1112 MAR TO 19 MAR 2017
Week of 12 Mar 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
122
-18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
88
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Styx: Shards of Darkness
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
LC
NR
AM
TRENDING▲ +25%
Mass Effect: Andromeda
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 3 outlets
TP
JW
AM
TRENDING -30%
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CT
RC
OS
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +23%
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
Torment: Tides of Numenera
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +20%
Final Fantasy XV
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
3 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +500%
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.
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Pixel Privateers
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
GB
Graham Banas
Writing about Gorogoa, Little Nightmares, She Remembered Caterpillars
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (4), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TP
Tom PhillipsIGN
Writing about Mass Effect: Andromeda, Splatoon 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Clicker Heroes, Dying: Reborn, FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Faeria
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 83 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
OM
Oliver Milne
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Mar 2017
Meet the superfans still playing Populous: The BeginningfeatureonPopulous: The Beginning
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.