RECAP2017-W4322 OCT TO 29 OCT 2017
Week of 22 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
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
98
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
79
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
3
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▲ +2033%
Assassin's Creed Origins
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
16 writers · 11 outlets
CC
CC
CD
TRENDING▲ +1900%
Super Mario Odyssey
OUT NOW
15
PIECES
15 writers · 12 outlets
SL
OW
AW
TRENDING▲ +1300%
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
OUT NOW
17
PIECES
14 writers · 10 outlets
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JG
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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 Detroit: Become Human, Beyond Good & Evil 2, Call of Duty: WWII
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Assassin's Creed Origins, Echo, Super Mario Sunshine
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
TP
Tom PhillipsIGN
Writing about Hitman, LEGO Dimensions
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MC
Matt Cox
Writing about Destiny 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Team Fortress 2: Jungle Inferno
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Super Mario Odyssey
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 93 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
CZ
Cisco Zarandin-Araneta
IGN·25 Oct 2017
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.