RECAP2014-W0312 JAN TO 19 JAN 2014
Week of 12 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
33
+38% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
12
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
21
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 Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (3).
BR
Ben Reeves
Writing about Bot Colony, Broken Age, Call of Duty: Ghosts
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (6), Friday (1).
BV
Bryan Vore
Writing about Joe Danger Infinity
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (2).
MH
Matt Helgeson
Writing about Dark Souls II, EA Sports UFC
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 7 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.