RECAP2017-W1616 APR TO 23 APR 2017
Week of 16 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
149
+84% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
104
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
75
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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▲ +1900%
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 10 outlets
AW
BS
CC
TRENDING▲ +3500%
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
9 writers · 6 outlets
WF
MM
MK
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Full Throttle Remastered
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
JW
SG
JG
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
OUT NOW
6 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +2300%
Little Nightmares
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +1900%
The Disney Afternoon Collection
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +1900%
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.
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Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Continuum, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (3).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Dovetail Games: Euro Fishing, Gran Turismo Sport, Little Nightmares
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
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Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Adam Smith
Writing about Figment, Little Nightmares, Sparc
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Full Throttle Remastered, Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 99 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
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Mike Stubbs
Eurogamer·20 Apr 2017
Why the pros think Black Ops 2 is still the best Call of DutyfeatureonCall of Duty: Black Ops II
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Molly Lee
Polygon·20 Apr 2017
Persona 5 deserved better: a translator's take on a subpar scriptopiniononPersona 5
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.