RECAP2017-W142 APR TO 9 APR 2017
Week of 2 Apr 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
138
-2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
97
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
89
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +5500%
Yooka-Laylee
OUT NOW
14
PIECES
14 writers · 11 outlets
EE
SB
BS
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
JW
PG
GV
TRENDING▲ +700%
Drawn to Death
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
SB
JD
JM
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.
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Brawlout, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle Remastered
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Battlefield 1, Bot Colony
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Drawn to Death, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Reaction
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (3).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Arms, Fire Emblem Warriors, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 92 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
DW
Danny Wadeson
VG247·3 Apr 2017
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.