RECAP2017-W5010 DEC TO 17 DEC 2017
Week of 10 Dec 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
155
+18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
98
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
134
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Gorogoa
OUT NOW
7
PIECES
6 writers · 5 outlets
JW
KH
CA
TRENDING▲ +1900%
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champions' Ballad
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 5 outlets
SV
PB
JS
TRENDING▲ +150%
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUT NOW
5
PIECES
5 writers · 4 outlets
DT
IH
SB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
PUBG: Battlegrounds
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn
OUT NOW
4 writers · 2 outlets
▲ +433%
Ōkami HD
OUT NOW
4 writers · 4 outlets
▲ +1500%
What Remains of Edith Finch
OUT NOW
4 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1500%
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
OUT NOW
3 writers · 3 outlets
▲ +1100%
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.
R
Rps
Writing about Star Wars: Battlefront II, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, What Remains of Edith Finch
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
IH
Ivan Ho
Writing about Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DM
Damien McFerranNintendo Life
Writing about Shadow of the Colossus, The Next Penelope, 80's Overdrive
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
RC
Ryan Craddock
Writing about Riptide GP: Renegade, Vostok Inc., Mutant Mudds Collection
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Gorogoa, Finding Paradise
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (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
KC
Katharine Castle
Rock Paper Shotgun·12 Dec 2017
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming (Late 2017) review: Now with added Thunderbolt 3feature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.