RECAP2014-W025 JAN TO 12 JAN 2014
Week of 5 Jan 2014The 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
24
+71% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
16
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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%
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Alien: Isolation
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JC
MH
TRENDING▲ +300%
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MK
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Rambo: The Video Game
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Dragon Age: Inquisition
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
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 Landmark, OlliOlli, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (5), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Alien: Isolation, Daylight, Get Even
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
BR
Ben Reeves
Writing about In the End, Thief
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (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
DT
Daniel Tack
Game Informer·8 Jan 2014
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.