RECAP2017-W1830 APR TO 7 MAY 2017
Week of 30 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
123
-14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
82
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
98
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
9
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.
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.
DH
Daemon Hatfield
Writing about Game of the Year, Fallout 4, Bloodborne
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (3).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Veil of Crows
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
BK
Ben Kuchera
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Sunday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Flinthook, Impressions, Monopoly
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
RM
Ryan McCaffreyIGN
Writing about Darksiders III, Forza Motorsport 6, Game of the Year
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 77 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
CC
Charlotte Cutts
Push Square·6 May 2017
Soapbox: The Persona Series and Difficulty: Is Easier Always Better?opiniononPersona 5
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.