RECAP2013-W232 JUN TO 9 JUN 2013
Week of 2 Jun 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
40
+43% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
33
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 Tales of Xillia, NHL 14, Call of Duty: Ghosts
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (4), Sunday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Gunpoint, Infamous: Second Son, Lost Planet 3
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Fantasia: Music Evolved, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, South Park: The Stick of Truth
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Deus Ex: The Fall, Marvel Heroes, Saints Row IV
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
MH
Matt Helgeson
Writing about The Last of Us, Daylight
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 6 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.