RECAP2014-W3310 AUG TO 17 AUG 2014
Week of 10 Aug 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
89
+102% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
16
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
64
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▲ +500%
WWE 2K15
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
KH
KW
BV
TRENDING▲ +300%
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
KH
MB
BV
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Assassin's Creed Unity
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
KW
MK
BV
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 Hyrule Warriors, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (5), Saturday (4), Sunday (2).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Dead Island 2, Skylanders: Trap Team, Until Dawn
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (4), Saturday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Dying Light, Galak-Z: The Dimensional
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (4), Thursday (2), Friday (3).
DT
Daniel Tack
Writing about Bloodborne, Dungeon Crawler, Dungeons 2
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Friday (3), Sunday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Assassin's Creed Unity, Madden NFL 15, Marvel Super Heroes
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 11 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.