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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News Aug 13th, 2018

CaseLabs bites the dust, blames Trump tariffs

US case specialist files for bankruptcy due to 80 per increase in costs

News Aug 13th, 2018

Bethesda isn't sure if future games at skipping Steam just yet

Fallout 76 coming to Bethesda.net is not the shape of things to come, but marketing chief Hines seems unsure about other games coming to Valve's platform

Job News Aug 10th, 2018

Respawn, PlayStation, Riot and Rockstar vets join Microsoft's Initiative studios

That's some serious talent!

News Aug 10th, 2018

Epic, Ubisoft and Motion Twin headline ConnectsX track at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018

Visit Scandic Marina Congress Centre on September 11th for top PC insight (save up to $300 while mid-term prices still available)

News Aug 10th, 2018

Monster Hunter World is Japan's biggest game on Steam yet

Overtakes Dark Souls 3

Industry Icon Aug 10th, 2018

New IP Strange Brigade, a Rogue Trooper film and lots of 2000AD - Rebellion sure has a lot going on at the moment

CEO Jason Kingsley OBE on the Oxford firm's new focus on self-publishing, new IP and making more use of Dredd and co in different media

News Aug 10th, 2018

Germany is now allowing Nazi symbols like swastikas in video games

"Video games have been recognised as a cultural medium for many years now, and this latest decision consistently cements that recognition in terms of the use of unconstitutional symbols as well"

News Aug 10th, 2018

Ubisoft and It's Always Sunny stars are making a TV show set in a game studio for Apple

"Cutting-edge" show will "explore the intricacies of the human condition through hilarious and innovative ways"

News Aug 9th, 2018

Discord launches storefront, now has 150m users

Chat app wants to be a "cosy neighborhood bookshop" for games

News Aug 9th, 2018

Halo TV show set for 2020 release

The fight might finally be finished

Job News Aug 9th, 2018

2K vet Hartmann joins Amazon Game Studios

“Gaming, today’s favorite form of entertainment in the world, is connecting hundreds of millions of people"

News Aug 9th, 2018

Riot responds to allegations of a sexist working culture

League of Legends firm admits that improvements need to be made to its office environment and does not deny any accusations levelled against it

News Aug 8th, 2018

Fix PUBG website launched to show what's coming to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Firm taking legal action against cheat developers and resellers

News Aug 8th, 2018

IGN drops Nintendo editor Filip Miucin after Dead Cells review plagiarism

Site deems piece "simply not acceptable".

News Aug 8th, 2018

Jason Kingsley: Rebellion isn't interested in going public

"We don't really want or need to. My brother and I very much enjoy what we are doing now as a truly independent company"

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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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