RECAP2011-W364 SEPT TO 11 SEPT 2011
Week of 4 Sept 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
30
+25% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
10
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
27
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
Hard Reset
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
AB
TRENDING▲ +300%
Driver: San Francisco
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JC
TRENDING▲ +300%
NBA 2K12
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MB
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Dead Island
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Dark Souls
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +33%
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 Driver: San Francisco, A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Battlefield 3
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (5).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Hard Reset, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten, Age of Empires: Online
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 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin, BattleBlock Theater, Black Knight Sword
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
BV
Bryan VoreGame Informer
Writing about BloodRayne: Betrayal, Lollipop Chainsaw, Rise of Nightmares
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Crimson Alliance, Quantum
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 5 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.