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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 5th, 2019
UK games industry vet Dinsey ascends to UKIE chair role
Replaces Revolution's Noirin Carmody in the trade body top job
News
Sep 5th, 2019
Ubisoft: 17 per cent of gamers subscribe to at least one subscription service
French firm spoke to 4,000 15-to-45-year-olds last year ahead of rolling out its own UPlay+ platform
Job News
Sep 3rd, 2019
FIFA boss Rutter now heading up EA Studios Europe
Will be looking after DICE Stockholm, Ghost Games and Criterion
Interviews & Opinion
Aug 30th, 2019
What CD Projekt learnt from The Witcher 3 for making Cyberpunk 2077
News
Aug 30th, 2019
Night in the Woods studio and publisher cut ties with Alec Holowka over abuse allegations
News
Aug 30th, 2019
Allegations of abusive behaviour levelled against Weather Factory's Alexis Kennedy
News
Aug 29th, 2019
"A 70/30 split is quite frankly anachronistic," says boss of Deep Silver parent Koch Media Kundratitz
Profile
Aug 29th, 2019
"I tell stories with sound": Sitting down with audio design master Scott Gershin
Feature
Aug 28th, 2019
UPlay+, Google Stadia and China: How Ubisoft is hoping to reach five billion gamers
News
Aug 28th, 2019
Ubisoft partnerships boss says Steam's business model is "unrealistic"
“It doesn’t reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution"
Job News
Sep 5th, 2019
UK games industry vet Dinsey ascends to UKIE chair role
Replaces Revolution's Noirin Carmody in the trade body top job
News
Sep 5th, 2019
Ubisoft: 17 per cent of gamers subscribe to at least one subscription service
French firm spoke to 4,000 15-to-45-year-olds last year ahead of rolling out its own UPlay+ platform
Job News
Sep 3rd, 2019
FIFA boss Rutter now heading up EA Studios Europe
Will be looking after DICE Stockholm, Ghost Games and Criterion
Interviews & Opinion
Aug 30th, 2019
What CD Projekt learnt from The Witcher 3 for making Cyberpunk 2077
News
Aug 30th, 2019
Night in the Woods studio and publisher cut ties with Alec Holowka over abuse allegations
News
Aug 30th, 2019
Allegations of abusive behaviour levelled against Weather Factory's Alexis Kennedy
News
Aug 29th, 2019
"A 70/30 split is quite frankly anachronistic," says boss of Deep Silver parent Koch Media Kundratitz
Profile
Aug 29th, 2019
"I tell stories with sound": Sitting down with audio design master Scott Gershin
Feature
Aug 28th, 2019
UPlay+, Google Stadia and China: How Ubisoft is hoping to reach five billion gamers
News
Aug 28th, 2019
Ubisoft partnerships boss says Steam's business model is "unrealistic"
“It doesn’t reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution"
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