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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Job News Sep 23rd, 2020

Blizzard co-founder Morhaime opens up new games developer, Dreamhaven

Venture comprised of several different studios, Moonshot and Secret Door

News Sep 23rd, 2020

Control helps Digital Bros revenue rise 71% year-on-year

Premium games revenue doubled year-on-year

News Sep 23rd, 2020

Microsoft still wants to buy more games studios

Comes in the wake of the Big M buying Fallout and Elder Scrolls giant Bethesda

News Sep 22nd, 2020

Nvidia apologises for RTX 3080 launch

Firm moves storefront following bots and resellers snapping up graphics cards

News Sep 22nd, 2020

Krafton spins out Bluehole as new independent subsidiary

Outfit to be headed up by Doo-in Cho, creative director for the upcoming Elyon

News Sep 22nd, 2020

Xbox Game Pass subscribers up by 50% since April

Service now boasts 15m users

News Sep 22nd, 2020

Microsoft has bought Zenimax for $7.5bn

Second biggest deal in games history brings Xbox studio total up to 23

News Sep 21st, 2020

Supergiant's Hades passes 1m sales milestone

Game was bought around 700k times during its Early Access period

News Sep 21st, 2020

Ubisoft vet Ancel has quit the games industry

Rayman creator says he'll be focusing on his second passion, wild life

News Sep 21st, 2020

Report: US government investigating Tencent's games investments

Trump administration asking Epic and Riot about how their user data security

News Sep 21st, 2020

Unity hits $18bn market cap following IPO

Firm raised $1.3bn from floating

News Sep 21st, 2020

CHARTS: Among Us ends Fall Guys run at the Steam No.1 spot

Surprise hit takes pole position from Mediatonic's party game

News Sep 17th, 2020

Bayes raises $6m to provide esports data

"This provides a great starting point for the creation of new services and products leading to greater entertainment offerings for the esports fans and community"

News Sep 17th, 2020

Sony accidentally announces Demon's Souls remake for PC

And says that the title isn't going be launching on this platform

News Sep 17th, 2020

VIDEO: Facebook reveals new Oculus Quest headset

Hardware starts shipping next month, comes with $299 price tag

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