RECAP2017-W326 AUG TO 13 AUG 2017
Week of 6 Aug 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
+8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
86
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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▲ +2100%
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
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13
PIECES
11 writers · 11 outlets
SB
JJ
OD
TRENDING▲ +700%
LawBreakers
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
6 writers · 6 outlets
JT
MC
DT
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 1: The Enigma
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6
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
RM
CM
AR
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.
TS
Tim Stone
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Dota 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Black the Fall, Journey
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about West of Loathing, Ten of the Best Games, Unknown
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about NBA 2K18, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, NBA Live 18
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 81 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
AI
Andreas Inderwildi
Eurogamer·9 Aug 2017
Comparing the cityscapes of The Witcher 3, Dark Souls and Bloodborne to medieval paintingsfeatureonThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.