RECAP2014-W3417 AUG TO 24 AUG 2014
Week of 17 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
23
-74% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
17
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▲ +1100%
Destiny
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
KH
MF
HM
TRENDING 0%
Forza Horizon 2
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
KH
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Bloodborne
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +100%
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 Bloodborne, Destiny, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (4), Friday (4).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about 2Dark, Destiny, Fairy Fencer F
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about FIFA 15, Madden NFL 15, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
DG
Dimitri Gedevanishvili
Writing about Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
HM
Harry MacKin
Writing about Destiny
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1).
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.