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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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Success Story
Jun 6th, 2019
How Total War: Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running strategy series
Creative Assembly chief product officer Rob Bartholomew and game director Janos Gaspar tell us all
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Updated: People Can Fly insists New York studio is new organisation, not Defiant Studios acquisition
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Updated: Sports Direct puts in offer to buy UK's GAME Digital for $66.1m, owns 38.49 per cent of retailer
Follows Mike Ashley's firm buying 8.59 per cent of chain's shares
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Take-Two's Zelnick believes store revenue shares are going come down "very quickly"
News
Jun 5th, 2019
Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises
News
Jun 5th, 2019
UKIE's Twist: Industry needs to step back and keep an eye on evolution of 'gaming disorder' term
News
Jun 4th, 2019
We should know more about Google Stadia on June 6th
Search giant promising "exciting announcements, games and more"
News
Jun 3rd, 2019
Former Playdead boss Patti working on cloud-based platform called Coherence
"Democratising the creation of connected games is an amazing opportunity that I relish taking on'
News
Jun 3rd, 2019
Google Cloud was down for over five hours yesterday, shortly before we see more of Stadia
Success Story
Jun 6th, 2019
How Total War: Three Kingdoms became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running strategy series
Creative Assembly chief product officer Rob Bartholomew and game director Janos Gaspar tell us all
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Updated: People Can Fly insists New York studio is new organisation, not Defiant Studios acquisition
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Updated: Sports Direct puts in offer to buy UK's GAME Digital for $66.1m, owns 38.49 per cent of retailer
Follows Mike Ashley's firm buying 8.59 per cent of chain's shares
News
Jun 6th, 2019
Take-Two's Zelnick believes store revenue shares are going come down "very quickly"
News
Jun 5th, 2019
Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises
News
Jun 5th, 2019
UKIE's Twist: Industry needs to step back and keep an eye on evolution of 'gaming disorder' term
News
Jun 4th, 2019
We should know more about Google Stadia on June 6th
Search giant promising "exciting announcements, games and more"
News
Jun 3rd, 2019
Former Playdead boss Patti working on cloud-based platform called Coherence
"Democratising the creation of connected games is an amazing opportunity that I relish taking on'
News
Jun 3rd, 2019
Google Cloud was down for over five hours yesterday, shortly before we see more of Stadia
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