RECAP2017-W289 JUL TO 16 JUL 2017
Week of 9 Jul 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
98
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
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▲ +1233%
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
RR
CC
AD
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Death Squared
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 2 outlets
KM
TW
MM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Black the Fall
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
JW
LC
JG
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.
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Starship Theory, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Halo: Combat Evolved
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, Injustice 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Death Squared, Hey! Pikmin
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Cyberpunk, Middle-earth: Shadow of War
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Black the Fall, House Party
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 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
CM
Chris Moyse
Destructoid·16 Jul 2017
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.