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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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Jul 19th, 2019
Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users
News
Jul 19th, 2019
Kongregate snaps up developer RPG Bit Heroes
Juppiomenz-developed title has made generated $10 million in net revenue on mobile
News
Jul 18th, 2019
Here's why Dragonest has teamed up with Tencent to publish Drodo Auto Chess in China
"A good product needs to be known by as many people as possible"
News
Jul 16th, 2019
Devotion dev Red Candle says Winnie the Pooh art asset has caused it "immeasurable harm" to studio
Developer will not re-release the horror game soon, but might in the future
News
Jul 16th, 2019
Ubisoft responds to crowdsourcing Watch Dogs Legion creative through Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecord firm
News
Jul 15th, 2019
Factorio dev Wube says G2A has dragged heels on compensation pledge
Studio claims to have lost around $6,600 due to credit card chargebacks
News
Jul 15th, 2019
#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Hello Games cash reserves, My Friend Pedro, Google Stadia developers and much more!
News
Jul 12th, 2019
Frontier's Braben says developers shouldn't read too much into industry negativity
"Nowadays you've probably got the best chance of getting your game made than ever before."
News
Jul 19th, 2019
Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users
News
Jul 19th, 2019
Kongregate snaps up developer RPG Bit Heroes
Juppiomenz-developed title has made generated $10 million in net revenue on mobile
News
Jul 18th, 2019
Here's why Dragonest has teamed up with Tencent to publish Drodo Auto Chess in China
"A good product needs to be known by as many people as possible"
News
Jul 16th, 2019
Devotion dev Red Candle says Winnie the Pooh art asset has caused it "immeasurable harm" to studio
Developer will not re-release the horror game soon, but might in the future
News
Jul 16th, 2019
Ubisoft responds to crowdsourcing Watch Dogs Legion creative through Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecord firm
News
Jul 15th, 2019
Factorio dev Wube says G2A has dragged heels on compensation pledge
Studio claims to have lost around $6,600 due to credit card chargebacks
News
Jul 15th, 2019
#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Hello Games cash reserves, My Friend Pedro, Google Stadia developers and much more!
News
Jul 12th, 2019
Frontier's Braben says developers shouldn't read too much into industry negativity
"Nowadays you've probably got the best chance of getting your game made than ever before."
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