RECAP2017-W3924 SEPT TO 1 OCT 2017
Week of 24 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
198
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
129
across 16 outlets
GAMES COVERED
90
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.
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 Battle Royale, Detroit: Become Human, Game of the Year
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about HyperRogue, The Great Escape
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Assassin's Creed Origins, Fallout 4, Final Fantasy IX
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Battle Royale, Hob, Star Fox 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about FIFA 18, Forza Motorsport 7, Golf Story
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 124 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
BD
Brendan Drain
Rock Paper Shotgun·29 Sept 2017
'You will lose both hands' - How the biggest theft in EVE Online history ended in death threatsfeature
KM
Keenan McCall
Game Informer·28 Sept 2017
InnerSpace Preview - PolyKnight Games' Upcoming Title Offers A New Take On Flight SimspreviewonInnerSpace
CM
Cody Mello-Klein
Game Informer·26 Sept 2017
Sonic Forces Preview - Sonic Hedges His Bets On A Classic Casino LevelpreviewonSonic Forces
P
Pavel_Barter
GamesRadar+·25 Sept 2017
"The minute I get jaded is the minute I don't get out of my pyjamas" - an interview about games, with Mark HamillinterviewonCall of Duty 2+ 3 more
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.