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 Jun 30th, 2020

Ubisoft's Guillemot vows to "personally follow" all allegations of sexual misconduct at the company

"These actions are in total contradiction with our values and with what I want for Ubisoft"

News Jun 30th, 2020

Starbreeze tries to raise $26.8m to fund Payday 3 development

Follows $5m it raised at start of this year

News Jun 30th, 2020

EA vows to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct made by staff

"We want to be very clear on our position: these behaviours are never ok -- not in our communities or any others"

News Jun 29th, 2020

Forza studio Turn 10 bans Confederate flag

Symbol joins Swastikas, SS runes, Wolfsangel and the Arrow Cross in the category of "notorious iconography"

News Jun 29th, 2020

Sonic the Hedgehog film firm to turn Disco Elysium into a TV show

No writer or network attached just yet

News Jun 29th, 2020

China is apparently top region for Cyberpunk 2077 pre-orders

Title has been fully localised into Simplified Chinese and Mandarin

News Jun 29th, 2020

Report: Two VPs among Ubisoft staff on leave as part of sexual misconduct investigation

Follows French firm bringing in an external consultant to look into allegations made against its staff

News Jun 29th, 2020

CHARTS: Valve Index VR holds Steam top spot

Doom Eternal and Halo: Master Chief Collection return to the charts thanks to sale

News Jun 26th, 2020

Keywords snaps up development studio Coconut Lizard

Firm was previously owned by Epic

News Jun 26th, 2020

Jagex hits record revenue as RuneScape membership reaches new high

Firm brought in $137.6m during 2019, a 19.4 per cent increase year-on-year

News Jun 26th, 2020

Ubisoft investigating allegations made against its staff

French firm brings in external consultants to look into the matter

News Jun 25th, 2020

Newzoo forecasts 3bn-plus gamers by 2023

Firm reports that spending will rise by $41.5bn in next three years

News Jun 25th, 2020

Three Christopher Nolan films to be shown in Fortnite

Inception, Batman Begins and The Prestige to be screened depending where in the world you are

News Jun 25th, 2020

ESA denounces Trump visa freeze

"The executive order limiting immigration undermines reasonable solutions to end the current economic crisis, stabilise our economy and help people return to work."

News Jun 25th, 2020

Insomniac says it has taken "numerous steps" to address allegations of sexual misconduct at the studio

Former character artist says that numerous female employees left the developer over company standing by "sexual predators"

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