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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
Mar 22nd, 2019
GDC 2019 - Kongregate's Greer says its Kartridge storefront is complementary to other newcomers like Epic
News
Mar 22nd, 2019
GDC 2019 - Codemasters focused on racing for future acquisitions, hints at making mobile purchases
News
Mar 21st, 2019
GDC 2019 - Sweeney: Epic's newly-revealed online services will always be free to developers - even when the Fortnite money starts to dry up
News
Mar 20th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Oculus: Facebook negative PR has not affected our business
Follows a year full of bad news about the social network giant
News
Mar 20th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation
"We were afraid of doing anything different. We were afraid of annoying the player base"
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Games audio services revenue up "tenfolds" at Cord and Laced Records following Keywords acquisition
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch
Titles in Microsoft's indie scheme had generated $200m in the last 12 months
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 19th, 2019
OPINION: Google announced some cool tech at its GDC keynote, but some massive, basic questions remain about its new Stadia games business
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs
PC still leading the pack, but the gap ahead of console is closing
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 18th, 2019
OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote
Job News
Mar 18th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Here's why Valve alum Chet Faliszek left Bossa Studios
Developer joined in September 2017 and left around a year later
News
Mar 22nd, 2019
GDC 2019 - Kongregate's Greer says its Kartridge storefront is complementary to other newcomers like Epic
News
Mar 22nd, 2019
GDC 2019 - Codemasters focused on racing for future acquisitions, hints at making mobile purchases
News
Mar 21st, 2019
GDC 2019 - Sweeney: Epic's newly-revealed online services will always be free to developers - even when the Fortnite money starts to dry up
News
Mar 20th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Oculus: Facebook negative PR has not affected our business
Follows a year full of bad news about the social network giant
News
Mar 20th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation
"We were afraid of doing anything different. We were afraid of annoying the player base"
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Games audio services revenue up "tenfolds" at Cord and Laced Records following Keywords acquisition
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch
Titles in Microsoft's indie scheme had generated $200m in the last 12 months
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 19th, 2019
OPINION: Google announced some cool tech at its GDC keynote, but some massive, basic questions remain about its new Stadia games business
News
Mar 19th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs
PC still leading the pack, but the gap ahead of console is closing
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 18th, 2019
OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote
Job News
Mar 18th, 2019
GDC 2019 - Here's why Valve alum Chet Faliszek left Bossa Studios
Developer joined in September 2017 and left around a year later
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