RECAP2014-W286 JUL TO 13 JUL 2014
Week of 6 Jul 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
37
+12% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
25
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%
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
WS
TRENDING▲ +300%
Dragon Age: Inquisition
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2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
JC
TRENDING▲ +300%
Sunset Overdrive
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
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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 Natural Doctrine, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Saturday (4), Sunday (4).
DG
Dimitri Gedevanishvili
Writing about Hyrule Warriors, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Gundam Battle Assault 2
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about NHL 15, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 15, Destiny, FireFall
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, WWE 2K15
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 8 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.