RECAP2014-W3524 AUG TO 31 AUG 2014
Week of 24 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
48
+109% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
15
across 2 outlets
GAMES COVERED
35
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Dragon Age: Inquisition
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4
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
JJ
MK
BH
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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3
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
KH
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
A City Sleeps
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2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
MM
MK
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 Darkest Dungeon, Dreadnought, Dying Light
FILED
15 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (3), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (5).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Neverending Nightmares, Super Meat Boy Forever
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (2).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Dragon Age: Inquisition, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DT
Daniel Tack
Writing about Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas, Lichdom: Battlemage, Tome: Immortal Arena
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Lords of the Fallen, A City Sleeps, Dragon Age: Inquisition
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 10 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.