RECAP2011-W5118 DEC TO 25 DEC 2011
Week of 18 Dec 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
15
-35% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
12
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
Trine 2
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MM
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Rochard
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BR
TRENDING▲ +300%
Gotham City Impostors
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
TT
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Resident Evil: Revelations
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Game of Thrones
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Grand Slam Tennis 2
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.
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Trine 2
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Rochard
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2).
MH
Matt HelgesonGame Informer
Writing about DmC: Devil May Cry
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Gotham City Impostors, Resident Evil: Revelations
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Sunday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Alan Wake's American Nightmare
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (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.