RECAP2012-W3312 AUG TO 19 AUG 2012
Week of 12 Aug 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
43
+139% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
37
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.
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about 007 Legends, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Aliens: Colonial Marines, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Dead or Alive 5
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops II, DmC: Devil May Cry, LEGO The Lord of the Rings
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (4).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Dust: An Elysian Tail, Star Wars: 1313, The Last of Us
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Darksiders II, Lost Planet 3, Resident Evil 6
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 8 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.