RECAP2013-W0420 JAN TO 27 JAN 2013
Week of 20 Jan 2013The 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
23
+15% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
22
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.
TRENDING▲ +300%
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Elder Scrolls Online
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MK
TRENDING▲ +100%
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Gears of War: Judgment
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
LEGO City Undercover
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Aliens: Colonial Marines
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
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 Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, BioShock Infinite, Injustice: Gods Among Us
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Let's Fish! Hooked On
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Crysis 3, Gears of War: Judgment, Opening
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Resident Evil 6, SimCity
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (2).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (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.