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 Aug 2nd, 2021

Facebook rejected ad for indie title Road 96 over political concerns

Social media giant says that marketing featured "images, statements or slogans about social issues, such as the economy, environmental policy, or civil and social rights."

News Aug 2nd, 2021

Valve files motion to dismiss Steam competition lawsuit

PC giant says that Wolfire Games has failed to allege the kind of conduct it is being accused of

News Aug 2nd, 2021

Report: China regulators slowing down Nvidia's Arm acquisition

Process can take at least six months and apparently has not started yet

News Aug 2nd, 2021

CHARTS: Pre-orders for Amazon's New World heads up Steam Top Ten again

Those who pre-purchase the title gain access to a closed beta

News Jul 30th, 2021

EB Games is being rebranded as GameStop Canada

Change to take effect by the end of the year

News Jul 30th, 2021

Valve confident Steam Deck is future proofed

Firm says that the hardware's chip set and memory means it should play games for years to come

Job News Jul 30th, 2021

SNK appoints Sega vet Matsubara as CEO

The new exec left the Sonic firm 12 months ago

News Jul 30th, 2021

Ubisoft's Guillemot admits more work is needed to rebuild employee trust

The exec has responded to a critical open letter from staff

News Jul 29th, 2021

Krafton IPO could raise as much as $3.75bn

Firm going public in August

Job News Jul 29th, 2021

Triple-A vets set up new studio That's No Moon backed by Korea's Smilegate

Founding members include former Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica and Infinity Ward staff

News Jul 29th, 2021

Resident Evil Village helped Capcom games net sales more-than double in Q1

Led by Resident Evil Village, which has shipped 4.5m copies to date

News Jul 29th, 2021

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft staff sign open letters decrying handling of misconduct allegations

Both companies are currently facing lawsuits over the culture they are accused of fostering

News Jul 26th, 2021

Death Stranding has sold more than 5m copies

Kojima Productions shifted this many units as of March

News Jul 26th, 2021

Valve is targeting 30fps for Steam Deck hardware

Firm says that hardware is running recently-released games "without issue"

News Jul 26th, 2021

Activision Blizzard execs have mixed response to California lawsuit

Management can't decide if allegations are "extremely troubling" or "distorted and untrue"

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