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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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Interviews & Opinion
Oct 16th, 2018
OPINION: It's time to drop 'passionate' from your PR playbook
Among an entire dictionary of meaningless spin and jargon, this word is the most toxic
News
Oct 16th, 2018
Rockstar says Red Dead Redemption 2 staff didn't really work 100-hour weeks
Boss man Houser says tries to clarify remarks made in an interview yesterday
News
Oct 15th, 2018
Activision claims Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII is its biggest Day One digital sales event, offers no figures to support this
News
Oct 12th, 2018
Some Command and Conquer remakes might on the horizon
Producer Jim Vessella gauging interest on the franchise subreddit
News
Oct 12th, 2018
Reddit and Conde Nast owner Advance snaps up majority stake in research firm Newzoo
No figure on the deal just yet, nor do we know what slice the media giant owns
News
Oct 11th, 2018
Ninja Theory is funding Hellblade-inspired Senua's Scholarship to support mental health tutor training
Collaboration with CPFT Recovery College East will see local mental health care bolstered
Job News
Oct 11th, 2018
Blizzard vet Heinecke is Square Enix's new CMO
Has worked on IP including Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft 2 as well as World of Warcraft
Interviews & Opinion
Oct 16th, 2018
OPINION: It's time to drop 'passionate' from your PR playbook
Among an entire dictionary of meaningless spin and jargon, this word is the most toxic
News
Oct 16th, 2018
Rockstar says Red Dead Redemption 2 staff didn't really work 100-hour weeks
Boss man Houser says tries to clarify remarks made in an interview yesterday
News
Oct 15th, 2018
Activision claims Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII is its biggest Day One digital sales event, offers no figures to support this
News
Oct 12th, 2018
Some Command and Conquer remakes might on the horizon
Producer Jim Vessella gauging interest on the franchise subreddit
Reddit and Conde Nast owner Advance snaps up majority stake in research firm Newzoo
No figure on the deal just yet, nor do we know what slice the media giant owns
News
Oct 11th, 2018
Ninja Theory is funding Hellblade-inspired Senua's Scholarship to support mental health tutor training
Collaboration with CPFT Recovery College East will see local mental health care bolstered
Job News
Oct 11th, 2018
Blizzard vet Heinecke is Square Enix's new CMO
Has worked on IP including Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft 2 as well as World of Warcraft
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