RECAP2014-W3631 AUG TO 7 SEPT 2014
Week of 31 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
40
-17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
12
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
30
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.
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 Destiny, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Exodus
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (4), Friday (3).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Distance, Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star, Killing Floor 2
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Saturday (4), Sunday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Destiny, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, FIFA 15
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about WWE 2K15
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 7 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.