RECAP2011-W3421 AUG TO 28 AUG 2011
Week of 21 Aug 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
43
-58% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
38
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▲ +300%
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
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2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JC
AR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Aliens: Colonial Marines
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2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
AR
BR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
BV
PK
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 Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Star Fox 64 3D, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (7).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 12, F1 2011, Dishonored
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (4).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Battlefield 3, Legend of Grimrock, Metro: Last Light
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (5).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Awesomenauts, Shoot Many Robots, Spider-Man: Edge of Time
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
BV
Bryan VoreGame Informer
Writing about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Medieval: Total War
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (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.