RECAP2017-W1326 MAR TO 2 APR 2017
Week of 26 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
141
+27% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
93
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
113
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▲ +4300%
Thimbleweed Park
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
RM
JW
KM
TRENDING▲ +1233%
Persona 5
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
RR
CK
JJ
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Rain World
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
8 writers · 8 outlets
SP
BC
NR
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Snake Pass
OUT NOW
7 writers · 6 outlets
▲ +1300%
MLB The Show 17
OUT NOW
7 writers · 7 outlets
Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Mass Effect: Andromeda
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
-47%
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 3: Above the Law
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
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.
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Rain World, Rebuild, Garry's Mod
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Beat Cop, Thimbleweed Park, World War 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about RiME
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Drawn to Death, LEGO City Undercover, MLB The Show 17
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Dark Souls III: The Ringed City, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus, MLB The Show 17
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 88 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
SG
Sam Greer
Eurogamer·28 Mar 2017
Mass Effect Andromeda is another failure for trans representationfeatureonMass Effect: Andromeda
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.