RECAP2017-W3817 SEPT TO 24 SEPT 2017
Week of 17 Sept 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
175
+33% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
118
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
84
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
8
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▲ +1367%
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
11 writers · 8 outlets
WY
SB
CC
TRENDING▲ +357%
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 6 outlets
EE
ST
AM
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 6 outlets
CA
DR
JJ
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 Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Batman: Arkham VR
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Friday (3), Sunday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Gran Turismo Sport, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, Pokkén Tournament DX
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
KW
Kimberley Wallace
Writing about Metal Gear Survive, Monster Hunter: World, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Sine Mora EX, SteamWorld Dig 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, No Man's Sky
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 113 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
SP
Sophia Park
Polygon·20 Sept 2017
In defense of Mass Effect: Andromeda and other messy gamesopiniononMass Effect: Andromeda
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.