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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
Apr 4th, 2018
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Profile
Apr 3rd, 2018
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
News
Apr 3rd, 2018
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
News
Mar 29th, 2018
Multiplay founder Craig Fletcher has invested $125,000 into indie publisher Raw Fury
News
Mar 29th, 2018
Overwatch World Cup returns for 2018
Qualifiers already underway, final taking place in California in November
News
Mar 29th, 2018
Nvidia chief says GPU market is "not even close" to meeting demand
CEO Jensen Huang expresses frustration at supply running short
Success Story
Mar 28th, 2018
What is driving Discord's growth and why does the company keep booting Nazis?
We sat down with the firm's chief Jason Citron to discuss Discord's growth and evolution
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
Multiplay founder Craig Fletcher has invested $125,000 into indie publisher Raw Fury
Overwatch World Cup returns for 2018
Qualifiers already underway, final taking place in California in November
Nvidia chief says GPU market is "not even close" to meeting demand
CEO Jensen Huang expresses frustration at supply running short
What is driving Discord's growth and why does the company keep booting Nazis?
We sat down with the firm's chief Jason Citron to discuss Discord's growth and evolution
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