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 Sep 17th, 2020

Keywords snaps up Heavy Iron Studios

Developer has worked on Marvel's Avengers, the Call of Duty series and Disney Infinity in the past

News Sep 16th, 2020

Ubisoft rebranded Gods & Monsters following trademark dispute

A certain energy drink company took issue with this name

News Sep 16th, 2020

Chris Roberts laments cynicism around Star Citizen development

Industry vet says he is refusing to compromise in making this game

News Sep 16th, 2020

Slime Rancher has sold more than 3m copies

Title has shifted one million units since February of last year

News Sep 16th, 2020

Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games

THQ Nordic parent company made the acquisition through its Koch Media subsidiary

News Sep 15th, 2020

Razer accidentally leaked info of over 100k customers

Data including phone numbers, email and mailing address were made public on website

News Sep 15th, 2020

EA to rebrand Origin PC app

Firm says that bringing its games to Steam was about "democratising" games

News Sep 15th, 2020

Take-Two's Zelnick once again plays down cloud gaming hype

Exec says that the market for video games isn't going to expand in the way people think thanks to this new tech

News Sep 15th, 2020

Bungie denies Microsoft acquisition rumour

CEO Parsons says reports that Destiny maker is being bought by the Big M are "false"

Job News Sep 14th, 2020

GameStop to close around another 100 stores this year

"These closures along with the growth in our online business and expanded omnichannel capabilities will allow us to more efficiently and profitably service our customers"

News Sep 14th, 2020

Nvidia snaps up UK chip firm Arm

Graphics giant says that the British company will be staying put, will be expanding its presence

News Sep 14th, 2020

CHARTS: Fall Guys has been best-selling Steam game for six weeks now

Chaotic and colourful title has shifted more than 7m units on the platform

News Sep 11th, 2020

Ubisoft adds Immortals, Riders Republic and Prince of Persia remake to launch slate

Titles to launch this year and early 2021

News Sep 11th, 2020

Bloober Team wants to be horror top dog in games

Founder Babieno says the company always wanted to be the industry's Blumhouse

News Sep 11th, 2020

Black Desert Online hits $1.7bn revenue milestone

MMO has made $700m in the last 17 months

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