RECAP2013-W4320 OCT TO 27 OCT 2013
Week of 20 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
44
+13% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
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.
TRENDING▲ +167%
Batman: Arkham Origins
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
AR
MF
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
MF
AR
TRENDING▲ +167%
Super Mario 3D World
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
MF
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 Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Batman: Arkham Origins, Blood of the Werewolf
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (3), Thursday (4), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Dementium II, Bravely Default, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about FIFA 14, Deus Ex: Human Revolution
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MT
Mike Trinh
Writing about Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky, Fighter Within, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
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.