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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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Feature
Jun 5th, 2018
'Investors are interested in niches because they represent barriers to entry - which means longevity'
News
Jun 5th, 2018
Finance community not put off by recent video games controversies
Loot boxes, addiction and gambling have not deterred the money men
News
Jun 4th, 2018
Lords of the Fallen 2 in development
CI Games teams up with Defiant to make the new Soulslike title
News
Jun 1st, 2018
There was a pretty massive security flaw in Steam's code for, um, 15 years
Thanks to Context Information Security's Tom Court for discovering this after a decade and a half
News
Jun 1st, 2018
Pay-to-win mechanics popular in China but the West is not on board
Different roots and journeys for these regions have created vastly different markets
News
May 31st, 2018
Double Fine, Versus Evil, and Ninja Kiwi headline Kongregate's Kartridge open beta
'Investors are interested in niches because they represent barriers to entry - which means longevity'
Finance community not put off by recent video games controversies
Loot boxes, addiction and gambling have not deterred the money men
Lords of the Fallen 2 in development
CI Games teams up with Defiant to make the new Soulslike title
There was a pretty massive security flaw in Steam's code for, um, 15 years
Thanks to Context Information Security's Tom Court for discovering this after a decade and a half
Pay-to-win mechanics popular in China but the West is not on board
Different roots and journeys for these regions have created vastly different markets
Double Fine, Versus Evil, and Ninja Kiwi headline Kongregate's Kartridge open beta
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