RECAP2012-W011 JAN TO 8 JAN 2012
Week of 1 Jan 2012The 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
11
+38% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
8
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.
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Amy, Max Payne 3, Street Fighter X Tekken
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Final Fantasy XIII-2, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Mass Effect 3
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Amy
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Silent Hill: Downpour
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1).
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.