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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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Jul 19th, 2018
Updated: GOG.com apologises for accidental GamerGate tweet
Now deleted message seen as a dog whistle to the harassment movement
News
Jul 18th, 2018
Poor launch sees The Culling 2 get the axe, developer Xaviant returns to original game
News
Jul 18th, 2018
PC behind 24 per cent of Ubisoft's Q1 2018 revenue
Platform behind the second-largest share of the French publishing giant's sales
News
Jul 17th, 2018
Report: Titles with battle royale modes to earn 12 per cent of 2018's games revenue
PC to be behind 37.3 per cent of total battle royale revenue this year
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Jul 17th, 2018
Report: Video game Kickstarters have raised $9.8m in 2018 so far
Lots of success to be had - if you're looking for $50,000 and $100,000
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Jul 17th, 2018
Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up
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Jul 17th, 2018
Busy 2018 release slate partly to blame for Crackdown 3's latest delay
Spencer takes the fall for super hero title being bumped, again
News
Jul 17th, 2018
Report claims more than half of parents let children play 18-rated games
Childcare.co.uk of more than 2,000 parents yields startling but not surprising results

Updated: GOG.com apologises for accidental GamerGate tweet
Now deleted message seen as a dog whistle to the harassment movement

Poor launch sees The Culling 2 get the axe, developer Xaviant returns to original game

PC behind 24 per cent of Ubisoft's Q1 2018 revenue
Platform behind the second-largest share of the French publishing giant's sales

Report: Titles with battle royale modes to earn 12 per cent of 2018's games revenue
PC to be behind 37.3 per cent of total battle royale revenue this year

Report: Video game Kickstarters have raised $9.8m in 2018 so far
Lots of success to be had - if you're looking for $50,000 and $100,000

Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up

Busy 2018 release slate partly to blame for Crackdown 3's latest delay
Spencer takes the fall for super hero title being bumped, again

Report claims more than half of parents let children play 18-rated games
Childcare.co.uk of more than 2,000 parents yields startling but not surprising results
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