RECAP2017-W2625 JUN TO 2 JUL 2017
Week of 25 Jun 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
117
+5% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
83
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
106
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.
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 Arizona Sunshine, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Sonic Mania
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Passpartout: The Starving Artist, Sailaway, Sethian
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Friday (1).
CC
Chris CarterScreen Rant
Writing about Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto, Valkyria Revolution
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 78 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
NS
Nicholas Sumas
Nintendo Life·2 Jul 2017
First Impressions: Kicking Off With FIFA 18 on the Nintendo SwitchfeatureonFIFA 18
AB
Adam Bolton
Polygon·30 Jun 2017
At BitSummit, Castlevania creator gets hands-on with some of the games he inspiredpreview
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.