RECAP2011-W2810 JUL TO 17 JUL 2011
Week of 10 Jul 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
25
+9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
12
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
19
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.
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.
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Final Fantasy XIII-2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
BV
Bryan VoreGame Informer
Writing about Batman: Arkham City, BloodRayne: Betrayal
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Dishonored, Hard Reset, Prototype 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about NHL 12, Rage
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MH
Matt HelgesonGame Informer
Writing about Bastion, Mortal Kombat
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 7 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.