RECAP2011-W2917 JUL TO 24 JUL 2011
Week of 17 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
36
+44% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
30
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
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JC
BR
TRENDING▲ +100%
Catherine
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BV
TRENDING▲ +100%
Batman: Arkham City
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JC
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Gotham City Impostors
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Captain America: Super Soldier
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
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, Darksiders II, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Captain America: Super Soldier, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, New Day
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Battlefield 3, BioShock Infinite, Gotham City Impostors
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Rage, Spider-Man: Edge of Time
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Aliens: Infestation, Starhawk, Tropico 4
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
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.