RECAP2012-W2517 JUN TO 24 JUN 2012
Week of 17 Jun 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
10
-44% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
9
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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▲ +700%
Quantum Conundrum
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
BR
MH
TRENDING▲ +300%
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
AR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Pokémon Conquest
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Darksiders II
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
The Walking Dead: Season One - Episode 2: Starved for Help
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Gears of War: Judgment
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
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.
MH
Matt HelgesonGame Informer
Writing about Darksiders II, Quantum Conundrum, The Amazing Spider-Man
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Gears of War: Judgment
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Pokémon Conquest
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (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
JO
Jason Oestreicher
Game Informer·24 Jun 2012
The Walking Dead: Episode 2 Video InterviewinterviewonThe Walking Dead: Season One - Episode 2: Starved for Help
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.