RECAP2013-W2119 MAY TO 26 MAY 2013
Week of 19 May 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
33
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
12
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
19
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%
Batman: Arkham Origins
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
TT
MF
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Dying Light
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
TT
TRENDING▲ +300%
Call of Duty: Ghosts
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
TT
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
New World: Aeternum
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Madden NFL 25
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.
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Call of Duty: Ghosts, Dying Light, Batman: Arkham Origins
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Thursday (3).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Killer Is Dead, Rush Bros.
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Sunday (2).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Batman: Arkham Origins, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, Destiny
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (3), Sunday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Star Command
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Disney Infinity, The Last of Us
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 7 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.