Alex Calvin

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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.

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News Nov 11th, 2021

Valve delays Steam Deck by two months

And issues with the global supply chain are to blame

News Nov 10th, 2021

Sweden's games industry brought in $3.8bn revenue in 2020, workers up 11%

Companies made $834 million in profit last year

News Nov 10th, 2021

2K is buying Spanish art studio Elite3D

No figure placed on the deal

News Nov 10th, 2021

Denuvo downtime stopped people playing games

Server error saw users unable to play likes of Guardians of the Galaxy and Football Manager 2022

News Nov 10th, 2021

Unity acquires Weta Digital

Visual effects specialist bought for $1.625 billion in cash and stock

News Nov 9th, 2021

Konami temporarily pulls Metal Gear Solid titles from digital storefronts

Firm renewing license for historical footage used in cutscenes

Job News Nov 9th, 2021

Deathloop director Bakaba appointed Arkane Lyon boss

The developer joined the studio back in 2010

News Nov 9th, 2021

Roblox doubles revenue to $509.3m in Q3

Bookings up 28 per cent

News Nov 9th, 2021

Ubisoft's Canadian studios give staff pay rise to halt exodus

But this seems to benefit senior employees considerably more than juniors

News Nov 5th, 2021

Square says Marvel's Avengers was "not as successful" as it'd have liked

Company blames lack of experience in service-based titles

News Nov 5th, 2021

Take-Two's Zelnick "big believer" of NFTs

But exec says that there isn't much value in the space right now

News Nov 5th, 2021

Devolver Digital goes public with $950m valuation

Firm conducts IPO on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market

Job News Nov 4th, 2021

Blizzard technical director Dunham departs the company

Developer points out the number of high-ranking women leaving the firm

News Nov 4th, 2021

EA: NFT and blockchain games are part of "future of our industry"

CEO Andrew Wilson said that these kinds of features will be "an important part" of games in the coming years

News Nov 4th, 2021

Riot isn't concerned with League of Legends esports profitability

But it wants to ensure teams and leagues are making enough money

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