RECAP2017-W2228 MAY TO 4 JUN 2017
Week of 28 May 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
129
-4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
87
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
103
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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
Tekken 7
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
9 writers · 8 outlets
RR
WY
PB
TRENDING▲ +700%
Danger Zone
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
RM
SB
PG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Tokyo 42
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
RP
CD
AM
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Friday the 13th: The Game
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +1900%
The Long Journey Home
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 5: From the Gallows
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
Star Trek: Bridge Crew
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
Valkyria Revolution
OUT NOW
3 writers · 2 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.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Days Gone, Death Stranding
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Tekken 7, WipEout: Omega Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Rat Chaos, Sailing, PlanetSide 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Danger Zone, Tokyo 42
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about BattleTech, Caveblazers, The Long Journey Home
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 82 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
DD
Douglas Delong
Game Informer·30 May 2017
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.