RECAP2013-W3525 AUG TO 1 SEPT 2013
Week of 25 Aug 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
67
-26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Grand Theft Auto V, Broken Age
FILED
22 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (5), Sunday (5).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Always Sometimes Monsters, Angry Birds Go!, Borderlands 2
FILED
13 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Dirty Bomb, Godus, Lifeless Planet
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about 1001 Spikes, Apotheon, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (3).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Beyond: Two Souls, EA Sports
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
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.