RECAP2012-W4030 SEPT TO 7 OCT 2012
Week of 30 Sept 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
13
-46% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
11
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 Guns and Robots, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, ZombiU
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Dishonored, Final Fantasy Dimensions
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
JR
Jim Reilly
Writing about Halo 4
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Nintendo Land
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about R.A.W: Realms of Ancient War
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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.