RECAP2011-W106 MAR TO 13 MAR 2011
Week of 6 Mar 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
37
+28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
32
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.
TRENDING▲ +700%
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JC
BV
TRENDING▲ +300%
L.A. Noire
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
MB
MM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Dragon Age II
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JJ
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
MLB 11: The Show
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Mortal Kombat
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
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.
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Batman: Arkham City, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, Homefront
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (3).
MM
Meagan Marie
Writing about Dungeon Siege III, Guild Wars 2, L.A. Noire
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Dragon Age II, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Defenders of Ardania, The Secret World, Total War: Shogun 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Alice: Madness Returns, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Shadows of the Damned
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 8 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.