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 7th, 2018

Bethesda drops Steam for Fallout 76 launch - has Fortnite given publishers the confidence to go it alone?

Both beta and full game releasing on Bethesda.net

Interviews & Opinion Aug 7th, 2018

Player figures don't mean anything in the age of the subscription service

We need to be more critical than ever when we know nothing about the people playing a game

News Aug 7th, 2018

We now have a better idea of how Sea of Thieves is doing - but some key figures are missing

22 hours 43 minutes played on average, but no idea on DAU or MAUs

News Aug 6th, 2018

Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the mobile, blockchain and influencer sectors

15 articles from PocketGamer.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz

News Aug 6th, 2018

Roberts defends Star Citizen from pay-to-win accusations

Follows lifting of cap on in-game currency

News Aug 6th, 2018

Report: Flash Sales could be making a return to Steam

According to Valve's Translation Server

News Aug 6th, 2018

Two new teams have joined the Overwatch League

Atlanta and Guangzhou join the fray following first season wrap-up

Interviews & Opinion Aug 6th, 2018

Why developers are using Discord to market their games

No More Robots and Slingshot Cartel tell us why they have turned to the games communication app to build a community

News Aug 3rd, 2018

Sumo's Porter: 'No-one cares how long a game takes to make - they care about how good it is'

MD says that not being able to speak about projects involving other people's IP can be frustrating

News Aug 3rd, 2018

Rock Band firm Harmonix has teamed up with NCSoft

The Boston-based music specialist has teamed up with the... Korean MMO firm?

Interviews & Opinion Aug 3rd, 2018

How Early Access and China helped make Descenders a success

The founder of indie publisher No More Robots shares how the label's debut title has made $600,000 in just five months

News Aug 3rd, 2018

Surprise - the PC Indie Pitch and Mobile Mixer are coming to Gamescom 2018

International game developer competition returns to Germany this month, bringing a social event with panel debate

News Aug 2nd, 2018

Riot's first game after League of Legends is going to be niche, have longevity and might be an MMO (but it also might not)

Studio co-founder Marc Merrill hints at what the LA developer is up to

News Aug 2nd, 2018

Dota 2 card game Artifact set for November launch

First of many new titles coming from Valve

News Aug 2nd, 2018

NetEase takes over Eve Online publishing duties in China

Local games giant takes the reigns from Tiancity

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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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