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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 24th, 2019
Riot says it is trying to make card games more accessible with Legends of Runeterra
Job News
Oct 24th, 2019
Xbox's Mike Ybarra moves to Blizzard
20-year Microsoft vet takes on EVP and GM role at the Overwatch firm
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
UK Children's Commissioner says non-cosmetic in-game purchases should be banned
Just one of 15 recommendations the body has made to government
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
SuperData: Borderlands 3 was the second highest-grossing digital PC game in September
Shifted 3.3m copies digitally, according to the research firm
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold
Chinese regulatory filing rules once again confound RuneScape fans
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"
News
Oct 24th, 2019
Riot says it is trying to make card games more accessible with Legends of Runeterra
Job News
Oct 24th, 2019
Xbox's Mike Ybarra moves to Blizzard
20-year Microsoft vet takes on EVP and GM role at the Overwatch firm
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
UK Children's Commissioner says non-cosmetic in-game purchases should be banned
Just one of 15 recommendations the body has made to government
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
SuperData: Borderlands 3 was the second highest-grossing digital PC game in September
Shifted 3.3m copies digitally, according to the research firm
News
Oct 23rd, 2019
Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold
Chinese regulatory filing rules once again confound RuneScape fans
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"
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