RECAP2017-W4429 OCT TO 5 NOV 2017
Week of 29 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
134
-8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
91
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
105
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▲ +800%
Call of Duty: WWII
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
BK
CM
JW
TRENDING▲ +78%
Assassin's Creed Origins
OUT NOW
8
PIECES
8 writers · 7 outlets
CL
RR
JW
TRENDING▲ +11%
Super Mario Odyssey
OUT NOW
6
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
TW
NO
OD
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 Call of Duty: WWII, Concrete Genie, Erica
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Chess Ultra, Super Mario Odyssey, Bulb Boy
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Friday (3).
CD
Christian DonlanEurogamer
Writing about Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, Spelunky 2, Super Stardust HD
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BK
Ben Kuchera
Writing about Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Call of Duty: WWII, Assassin's Creed Origins
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 86 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
AS
Alyse Stanley
Rock Paper Shotgun·2 Nov 2017
The Joy of eavesdropping in Grand Theft Auto VfeatureonGrand Theft Auto V
AJ
Amy Josuweit
Rock Paper Shotgun·31 Oct 2017
Doki Doki Literature Club is a hidden horror game for the internet agefeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.