RECAP2012-W1615 APR TO 22 APR 2012
Week of 15 Apr 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
20
-13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
18
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 Crysis 3, Lollipop Chainsaw, Project X Zone
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Dishonored, Hybrid, Spec Ops: The Line
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Crysis 3, Dirt Showdown, Full Throttle
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
MH
Matt HelgesonGame Informer
Writing about Dragon Ball Z For Kinect, One Piece: Pirate Warriors
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1).
JR
Jim Reilly
Writing about Dark Souls, Halo 4
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 3 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.