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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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Apr 18th, 2019
Updated: CCP investigating allegations of foul play against former US politician further
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Apr 17th, 2019
PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Chet Faliszek, Stray Bombay Company
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Apr 17th, 2019
Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio
The development alum talks RPGs, cloud tech and working with the SpatialOS firm
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Apr 17th, 2019
Housemarque admits that success is "unlikely" for battle royale title Stormdivers
It seems that CEO Ilari Kuittinen doesn't have high hopes for the upcoming release
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Apr 17th, 2019
Expanded Xbox Game Pass, E3 2019 plans and Gears of War esports: Here's what Microsoft announced during last night's Inside Xbox stream
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Apr 16th, 2019
PepsiCo planned on taking campaign against "unjustified prejudices" towards gamers to space
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Apr 16th, 2019
Updated: Superhot VR has sold over 800,000 copies, total number of sales not known
SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!
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Apr 16th, 2019
The Playbook - Top marketing tips from Failbetter's Haley Uyrus
Everything you need to know about spreading the word about your game
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Apr 15th, 2019
Creative Assembly expands Sofa, Bulgaria office, Sega staffing up QA staff in the region
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Apr 15th, 2019
Respawn co-founder Jason West joins Epic Games
Going to be "contributing" to the Fortnite firm's "development efforts"
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Apr 15th, 2019
#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Epic Games, PC Connects, Private Division, UK gender pay gap and more!
Each Monday, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the week

Updated: CCP investigating allegations of foul play against former US politician further

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Chet Faliszek, Stray Bombay Company

Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio
The development alum talks RPGs, cloud tech and working with the SpatialOS firm

Housemarque admits that success is "unlikely" for battle royale title Stormdivers
It seems that CEO Ilari Kuittinen doesn't have high hopes for the upcoming release

Expanded Xbox Game Pass, E3 2019 plans and Gears of War esports: Here's what Microsoft announced during last night's Inside Xbox stream

PepsiCo planned on taking campaign against "unjustified prejudices" towards gamers to space

Updated: Superhot VR has sold over 800,000 copies, total number of sales not known
SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!

The Playbook - Top marketing tips from Failbetter's Haley Uyrus
Everything you need to know about spreading the word about your game

Creative Assembly expands Sofa, Bulgaria office, Sega staffing up QA staff in the region

Respawn co-founder Jason West joins Epic Games
Going to be "contributing" to the Fortnite firm's "development efforts"

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Epic Games, PC Connects, Private Division, UK gender pay gap and more!
Each Monday, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the week
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