RECAP2011-W0713 FEB TO 20 FEB 2011
Week of 13 Feb 2011The 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
18
+38% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
13
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Disappearance
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MK
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mortal Kombat
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
DR
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.
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Alice: Madness Returns, Bulletstorm
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Disappearance, Rage
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Fight Night Champion, Operation Flashpoint: Red River
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Mortal Kombat
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Knights Contract
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.