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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
Oct 23rd, 2019
UK academics find that obsessive gaming isn't a clinical disorder
Oxford Internet Institute says that obsessive play is tied to other factors
News
Oct 22nd, 2019
Riot corrects message filtering issue that banned name of Muslim group
"Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason"
News
Oct 22nd, 2019
Epic Games Store took financial concerns off Coffee Stain's shoulders for Satisfactory
Developer says backlash to the Fortnite firm's platform comes from "vocal minority"
Job News
Oct 22nd, 2019
The ESA has a new comms and industry affairs boss
PR vet Kera Kelber joined in May and takes over from Dan Hewitt following his departure to Gearbox
News
Oct 21st, 2019
#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Dotemu, Wargaming, Tencent's Next Studio, Amplitude and Mediatonic
Interviews & Opinion
Oct 18th, 2019
Why retro porting house Dotemu launched its Arcade Crew publishing label
And how the company made Final Fantasy VIII Remastered without the original source code
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
UK academics find that obsessive gaming isn't a clinical disorder
Oxford Internet Institute says that obsessive play is tied to other factors
News
Oct 22nd, 2019
Riot corrects message filtering issue that banned name of Muslim group
"Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason"
News
Oct 22nd, 2019
Epic Games Store took financial concerns off Coffee Stain's shoulders for Satisfactory
Developer says backlash to the Fortnite firm's platform comes from "vocal minority"
Job News
Oct 22nd, 2019
The ESA has a new comms and industry affairs boss
PR vet Kera Kelber joined in May and takes over from Dan Hewitt following his departure to Gearbox
News
Oct 21st, 2019
#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Dotemu, Wargaming, Tencent's Next Studio, Amplitude and Mediatonic
Interviews & Opinion
Oct 18th, 2019
Why retro porting house Dotemu launched its Arcade Crew publishing label
And how the company made Final Fantasy VIII Remastered without the original source code
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