RECAP2014-W156 APR TO 13 APR 2014
Week of 6 Apr 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
57
+39% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
15
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
43
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 The Crew, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Hitman Go
FILED
17 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (5), Wednesday (4), Friday (3), Saturday (2), Sunday (3).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, Mewgenics, Nuclear Throne
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (4), Sunday (1).
DT
Daniel Tack
Writing about Wolfenstein: The New Order, Below, Dark Souls II
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Drakengard 3, EA Sports UFC, The Last Tinker: City of Colors
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
IF
Isaac Federspiel
Writing about Child of Light, Hearthstone, Transistor
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 10 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.