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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Job News Sep 19th, 2018

Improbable sets up new Edmonton office with BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn at the helm

"SpatialOS is going to transform how people make and play games, and with this new office we want to help that to happen"

News Sep 19th, 2018

France is fining Valve and Ubisoft over refund policies

Combined $382.227 penalty

News Sep 19th, 2018

Australian study reports loot boxes "psychologically akin to gambling"

"They may therefore condition gamers to require the excitement associated with gambling , leading to problem gambling"

News Sep 19th, 2018

Uncensored game Negligee: Love Stories blocked from sale in 28 countries after finally releasing on Steam

"If we release a game in a country where the content is illegal or could be considered illegal then potentially we could suffer fines and penalties and even legal action by those countries"

News Sep 19th, 2018

Mastercard comes on board as League of Legends global sponsor

Big non-endemic firm puts money behind Riot

News Sep 19th, 2018

Survival title Scum hits 1m sales

Early buyers rewarded with golden handgun

Job News Sep 19th, 2018

Capcom closes Dead Rising studio in Vancouver

Financial loses offset by "robust" performance of Monster Hunter World on PC

News Sep 18th, 2018

Record-breaking 1,300 delegates attended Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018

Over 1,300 delegates representing more than 620 companies attended show

News Sep 18th, 2018

CD Projekt RED ditches Steam for new Witcher games Gwent and Thronebreaker

Both launching on October 23rd on GOG

Interviews & Opinion Sep 18th, 2018

Why Wargaming is setting up shop in the UK

Boss Sean Decker tells us more

Interviews & Opinion Sep 18th, 2018

Three years and more than 28m players later, what has Wargaming learnt running World of Warships?

European publisher director Rajeev Girdhar talks running a service-based game, how the team approaches free-to-play and working across multiple platforms

News Sep 18th, 2018

Updated: LawBreakers servers have been taken online

Two months after the game was axed

News Sep 18th, 2018

Half year revenue up 72 per cent for Keywords as firm makes two acquisitions in Sound Lab and Trailer Farm

Firm made $128.6m for the six months ending June 30th

News Sep 18th, 2018

15 EU countries (and Washington State) team up to address loot box gambling risks

"We have joined forces to call on video games companies to address the clear public concern around the risks gambling and some video games can pose to children"

Job News Sep 18th, 2018

World of Tanks firm Wargaming rolls into the UK

New Guildford studio working on unannounced free-to-play MMO, in a shocking turn of events

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Develop: Brighton 2025	Europe	Jul 8th
TennoCon 2025	North America	Jul 18th
BitSummit 2025	Asia	Jul 18th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2025	Asia	Jul 30th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2025	Asia	Jul 30th
GenCon 2025	North America	Jul 31st
ChinaJoy 2025	Asia	Jul 31st
SIGGRAPH 2025	North America	Aug 10th

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