RECAP2017-W3420 AUG TO 27 AUG 2017
Week of 20 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
172
+20% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
103
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
113
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
6
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.
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Aquanox: Deep Descent, Biomutant, EVE: Valkyrie
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Friday (2).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (3).
BS
Brian SheaGame Informer
Writing about Destiny 2, Far Cry 5, Life is Strange: Before the Storm
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Thursday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about NHL 18, FIFA 18, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about No Man's Sky: Atlas Rises, No Man's Sky
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 98 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
CS
Chris Scullion
Nintendo Life
Nintendo Life·22 Aug 2017
The King of Fighters 2000 Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo)reviewonThe King of Fighters 2000
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.