RECAP2011-W1724 APR TO 1 MAY 2011
Week of 24 Apr 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
17
-50% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
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
Mass Effect 3
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Catherine
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BV
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Star Wars: The Old Republic
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Call of Duty: Black Ops
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Shadows of the Damned
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Outland
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
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.
BH
Ben Hanson
Writing about Mass Effect 3
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops, Operation Flashpoint: Red River
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2).
MM
Meagan Marie
Writing about MotorStorm: Apocalypse
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Darkspore, Shadows of the Damned
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 6 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.