RECAP2013-W1828 APR TO 5 MAY 2013
Week of 28 Apr 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
34
+21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
23
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 Killer Is Dead, Fuse, Vision
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (4).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Anomaly 2, Metro: Last Light, Space Hulk
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Fish Out of Water!
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Rayman Legends, Disney Infinity, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), 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.