RECAP2017-W159 APR TO 16 APR 2017
Week of 9 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
81
-41% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
59
across 12 outlets
GAMES COVERED
59
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mr. Shifty
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
PG
JM
JG
TRENDING▲ +1500%
The Sexy Brutale
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
EE
BR
JD
TRENDING▲ +1100%
The Signal From Tölva
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
EE
CS
GW
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.
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Arms, Flipping Death, LEGO City Undercover
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Battlefield 2142, Death Road to Canada
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about The Sexy Brutale, The Signal From Tölva
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Blackwake, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 54 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
AB
Alan Bradley
GamesRadar+·12 Apr 2017
The 10 hardest Hard Modes in gaming - these will destroy yourounduponXCOM: Enemy Unknown+ 7 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.