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 Aug 14th, 2019

Take-Two's Zelnick says it's "disrespectful" to blame entertainment for US gun violence

Games exec says that mass shootings are "uniquely American"

News Aug 13th, 2019

US court dismisses Ubisoft patent infringement case against music tutorial service Yousician

French firm went legal in August 2018

News Aug 13th, 2019

"Ambitious, visionary products always contain some risk," says Improbable after third SpatialOS project bites the dust

Cloud tech firm insists that these titles all were axed for different reasons

Indie Interview Aug 13th, 2019

Why the developers of Oxenfree want you to outdrink the devil in Afterparty

Night School Studios' Sean Krankel and Adam Hines tell us more

News Aug 12th, 2019

Spilt Milk cancels indie MMO Lazarus

This is the third SpatialOS title to bite the dust in the last three months

News Aug 12th, 2019

Xbox Game Studios boss Booty reiterates Microsoft's interest in mid-tier projects

"They are going to be are things that are super well crafted, will have as close to triple-A production values as we get but we're going to scope them so that they can be done well by a smaller studio"

Feature Aug 12th, 2019

Who is working at 2K's brand new Silicon Valley studio?

Once again, we take to LinkedIn to see what talent a new triple-A development outfit has attracted

News Aug 12th, 2019

Valve to start moderating some Steam Workshop submissions

PC giant could be keeping an eye on new projects following Drodo Studio's Auto Chess success

News Aug 12th, 2019

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores

Likely owing to licensing issues

News Aug 12th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Hangar 13's improbable rise, Epic Game Store exclusives, 2K Silicon Valley diversity fail and much more

At the start of each week, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the last seven days

News Aug 9th, 2019

Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward says upcoming Modern Warfare isn't political

"We do talk about concepts like colonialism, occupation, independence and freedom. We don't maybe say those words specifically, but that's the realm we're in"

Industry Icon Aug 9th, 2019

'Surprise and delight'? No, 2K's Hangar 13 studio wants to "surprise and disrupt"

How one studio with just a rather average game to its name has quadrupled in size since 2016

News Aug 9th, 2019

Epic Games to disclose loot box odds following ESA pledge

Meanwhile, THQ Nordic refuses to put name to list of publishers as it says it has no plans to use this business model

News Aug 9th, 2019

Activision says that annual Call of Duty releases are "critical"

"We're taking some important steps to grow the franchise overall," publisher's president Kostich said

News Aug 9th, 2019

Activision Blizzard monthly active users dip five per cent in last financial quarter

Publisher's MAUs drop seven per cent year-on-year, too

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