RECAP2013-W416 OCT TO 13 OCT 2013
Week of 6 Oct 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
47
+7% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 2 outlets
GAMES COVERED
34
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Soma, The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 - Faith, Thief
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (4), Friday (4).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Batman: Arkham Origins, The Long Dark, Killer Instinct
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 25, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Battlefield 4
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (5).
MH
Matt Helgeson
Writing about Beyond: Two Souls, Blood Bowl 2, XCOM: Enemy Within
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (3).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Drakengard 3
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (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.