RECAP2017-W4215 OCT TO 22 OCT 2017
Week of 15 Oct 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
146
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
106
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
60
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
7
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%
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
12 writers · 11 outlets
FB
DR
KH
TRENDING▲ +460%
Gran Turismo Sport
OUT NOW
10
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
SB
PG
MR
TRENDING▲ +2700%
Rogue Trooper: Redux
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
7 writers · 7 outlets
GV
AM
AA
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 Gran Turismo Sport, Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 2: Brave New World, Megaton Rainfall
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Europa Universalis IV, Sun Dogs
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
FB
Fraser BrownPC Gamer
Writing about Holdfast: Nations At War, Overgrowth, South Park: The Fractured But Whole
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Nidhogg 2, Wreckfest
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
RR
Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Tekken 7
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 101 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.