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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
Nov 30th, 2018
Black Friday revenue doubles year-on-year at Green Man Gaming
Consumers aged 25-to-34 were behind half of all sales, 62 per cent increase in units sold this year
News
Nov 29th, 2018
Wargaming: Edge Case acquisition has sped up development of new MMO
Collaboration between the two firms has been on the cards for some time
Feature
Nov 29th, 2018
Region Focus: London games companies are trying to not let Brexit get them down
Bossa Studios, Curve Digital, Space Ape and CCP tell us more
News
Nov 29th, 2018
To the surprise of no-one, the ESA continues to claim loot boxes aren't gambling
Follows US FTC announcing investigation into the business model
News
Nov 28th, 2018
Government figures point to video games contributing £1.069bn to UK economy in 2017 - but it's likely much more
News
Nov 28th, 2018
Now Australia's Government might be looking into loot boxes
90-page report into the subject published by Environment and Communications Reference Committee
News
Nov 27th, 2018
SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
News
Nov 27th, 2018
Starbreeze announces cost cutting following less-than-stellar The Walking Dead launch
News
Nov 30th, 2018
Black Friday revenue doubles year-on-year at Green Man Gaming
Consumers aged 25-to-34 were behind half of all sales, 62 per cent increase in units sold this year
News
Nov 29th, 2018
Wargaming: Edge Case acquisition has sped up development of new MMO
Collaboration between the two firms has been on the cards for some time
Feature
Nov 29th, 2018
Region Focus: London games companies are trying to not let Brexit get them down
Bossa Studios, Curve Digital, Space Ape and CCP tell us more
News
Nov 29th, 2018
To the surprise of no-one, the ESA continues to claim loot boxes aren't gambling
Follows US FTC announcing investigation into the business model
News
Nov 28th, 2018
Government figures point to video games contributing £1.069bn to UK economy in 2017 - but it's likely much more
News
Nov 28th, 2018
Now Australia's Government might be looking into loot boxes
90-page report into the subject published by Environment and Communications Reference Committee
News
Nov 27th, 2018
SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
News
Nov 27th, 2018
Starbreeze announces cost cutting following less-than-stellar The Walking Dead launch
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