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 Feb 27th, 2019

EA, Amazon and Comcast enter Nexon bidding war, report claims

No word on how much cash or what percentage these three have tried to snap up

Job News Feb 27th, 2019

Riot, Amazon, PlayStation, EA and NaturalMotion vets join RuneScape firm Jagex

New executive producer, director of community, head of CRM and player engagement, RuneScape technical director and senior director of game engineering at the Cambridge-based company

News Feb 27th, 2019

Taiwanese developer Red Candle temporarily pulls horror title Devotion from Steam following Chinese review bomb

Studio says this is due to technical issues but it will also be addressing the anti-Xi Jinping artwork present in the final release

News Feb 27th, 2019

GOG is finishing its Fair Price Package regional pricing initiative to help it compete with Epic's rev share

DRM-free storefront says it was giving consumers back 12 per cent of game cost on average, sometimes reaching as high as 37 per cent

News Feb 27th, 2019

Skybound terminates Overkill's The Walking Dead deal with Starbreeze, game to be pulled from Steam

Swedish developer and publish trying to resolve the issue amicably

News Feb 27th, 2019

Funcom is making at least three Dune games in the next six years

Firm lands exclusive partnership with rights holder Legendary Entertainment

News Feb 27th, 2019

Microsoft games boss Spencer admits past PC mistakes but platform at "centre of decisions" Xbox firm is making

It sure sounds like the Big M is bringing some big changes to it PC ecosystem in 2019

News Feb 27th, 2019

Tencent partners with Intel for Instant Play streaming service

Details are scarce, but we'll likely know more at GDC

News Feb 26th, 2019

Updated: THQ Nordic PR and marketing director Brock apologises for controversial 8chan AMA

"I do not condone child pornography, white supremacy, or racism in any shape or form. I am terribly sorry for the short-sightedness of my (!) decision, and promise to be far more vigorous in my assessment of these activities in the future"

News Feb 26th, 2019

Microsoft boss Nadella defends HoloLens contract with the US military

CEO sees this as part of the Big M's corporate responsibility

News Feb 26th, 2019

Reports point to GOG being in poor financial health - but why would CD Projekt's storefront be in trouble?

Is the Polish DRM-free marketplace doing enough to compete in 2019?

News Feb 25th, 2019

Activision Blizzard and EA bosses Kotick and Wilson appear on Top 100 Most Overpaid CEOs list for second time

Third year that games industry execs have shown up in this ranking

News Feb 25th, 2019

Microsoft reveals HoloLens 2, Epic's Tim Sweeney pledges long-term Unreal Engine support

Tech still aimed at the enterprise crowd with $3,500 price tag

News Feb 25th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - featuring Wargroove, Metal Wolf Chaos, Resort Boss: Golf, Apex Legends and Newzoo

Each Monday, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the week

News Feb 25th, 2019

Here's why Tencent isn't winding down its investment strategy

President Martin Lau justifies the Chinese tech and entertainment giant's plans

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