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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Feature Dec 24th, 2018

Diablo Immortal - The one that showed everyone unfairly still hates mobile games

How a smartphone title from one of the world's most respected developers showed yet another ugly side to the video games community

Feature Dec 24th, 2018

Cyberpunk 2077 - The one that showed how to build and manage hype in 2018

In a market that has us excited and disappointed all the time, we take a look at how CD Projekt RED rode the wave of hype in the wake of this year's E3

Feature Dec 21st, 2018

The Walking Dead - The one that showed we need to change how games are made

How Telltale's implosion gave a voice to overworked and mistreated developers around the world

The PC Pulse Dec 21st, 2018

What were The PC Pulse's favourite games of 2018?

As 2018 draws to a close, we decided to turn to our incredibly smart panel of PC games industry experts to see what the biggest trends and stories of the year were.

News Dec 20th, 2018

SuperData claims global premium PC digital revenue dropped five per cent in November

Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Siege spending slowing down

News Dec 20th, 2018

Unity rolls out triple-A assets for developers with Icon Collective initiative

Big talent providing the goods for smaller studios

News Dec 20th, 2018

US School Safety Commission says more game age rating education is needed to help reduce school shootings

Games industry gets off light into US' investigation into reducing gun violence

News Dec 20th, 2018

Gaming PCs generated more than $12bn in 2018 by October

Made up 19 per cent of the global PC market for that period

Feature Dec 17th, 2018

Fortnite: The one that might have changed the games industry forever

How the free-to-play battle royale add-on to a survival game went on to become the biggest game on the planet, becoming a lightning rod for our market's issues along the way

Feature Dec 17th, 2018

PC Connects London 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Joshua Crompton, Sports Interactive

Ahead of PC Connects London 2019 on January 21st and 22nd we are catching up with some of the big names that we have on-stage at the show.

News Dec 14th, 2018

Discord's store will be getting more competitive with new 90/10 revenue share in 2019

Makes the comms app-turned-games marketplace one of the best deals in town

News Dec 14th, 2018

Riot COO Gelb suspended without pay following workplace misconduct investigation

But the exec has not been fired

The PC Pulse Dec 14th, 2018

The PC Pulse: What were the biggest news stories of 2018?

As 2018 draws to a close, we decided to turn to our incredibly smart panel of PC games industry experts to see what the biggest trends and stories of the year were.

Feature Dec 14th, 2018

PC Connects London 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Taewon Yun, Super Evil MegaCorp

Ahead of PC Connects London 2019 on January 21st and 22nd we are catching up with some of the big names that we have on-stage at the show

News Dec 14th, 2018

'Gig economy' workers union IWGB launches branch for video games employees

"As part of the IWGB, we will have the tools to fix this broken sector and create an ethical industry where it's not only big game companies that thrive, but workers as well.”

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