RECAP2014-W2118 MAY TO 25 MAY 2014
Week of 18 May 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
+43% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
26
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 Watch Dogs, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Helldivers
FILED
13 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (3).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Sniper Elite III, Batman: Arkham Knight, Drakengard 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Evolve, Driveclub, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (3).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about World War I, Marvel Super Heroes, Evolve
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (3).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Dragon Age: Inquisition, Wolfenstein: The New Order
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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.