RECAP2017-W3527 AUG TO 3 SEPT 2017
Week of 27 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
173
+1% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
103
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
112
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▲ +2300%
Absolver
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
RP
DT
KK
TRENDING▲ +2100%
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
OUT NOW
11
PIECES
11 writers · 10 outlets
OW
PH
CC
TRENDING▲ +367%
Destiny 2
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 4 outlets
RR
MM
PW
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Everybody's Golf
OUT NOW
6 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +2300%
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
▲ +300%
Last Day of June
OUT NOW
5 writers · 5 outlets
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 1: Awake
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 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.
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Cities: Skylines - Green Cities, Divinity: Original Sin II, Dropsy
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Songbringer, Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers, The Dagger of Amon Ra
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about 8-Bit Armies, Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron, Farewell
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Everybody's Golf, Infamous: Second Son, Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 1: Awake
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (3), Friday (2).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Destiny 2, FIFA 18
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
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
SA
Stuart Andrews
GamesRadar+·28 Aug 2017
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle review: "Ubi’s big E3 surprise is an unmissable Switch game"reviewonMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.