RECAP2014-W2729 JUN TO 6 JUL 2014
Week of 29 Jun 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
-8% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
10
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
48
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.
TRENDING▲ +700%
Sniper Elite III
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
TT
DG
TRENDING▲ +33%
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
DG
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Sid Meier's Civilization
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Donkey Kong Country Returns
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Super Mario Galaxy 2
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
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 A Boy and His Blob, Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star, Boom Blox Bash Party
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Escape Dead Island, H1Z1
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (3).
DG
Dimitri Gedevanishvili
Writing about Broforce, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Divinity: Original Sin
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about FIFA 15, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
HM
Harry MacKin
Writing about Angry Birds Transformers, Gods Will Be Watching
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 5 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.