RECAP2014-W1430 MAR TO 6 APR 2014
Week of 30 Mar 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
41
+21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
14
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
36
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 Bound By Flame, Disney Magical World, Kirby: Triple Deluxe
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Always Sometimes Monsters, Dragon Age: Inquisition, EA Sports UFC
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
SH
Shin Hieftje
Writing about Anomaly Defenders, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Alien: Isolation, Daylight, Pokémon Battle Trozei
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
CK
Cameron KochGameSpot
Writing about Dead Island: Epidemic
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 9 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.