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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 9th, 2018
Ubisoft outlines further anti-cheat measures for Rainbow Six: Siege
Infrastructure being tested and new features added to make the game cleaner
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Jul 9th, 2018
Overwatch Pink Mercy skin and T-shirt raised $12.7m for Breast Cancer Research Foundation
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Jul 9th, 2018
"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac
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Jul 9th, 2018
SteamSpy was briefly 100 per cent accurate and has released Steam's top-selling games
Unsurprisingly, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: GO and PUBG among the best-sellers
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Jul 6th, 2018
SteamSpy's Galyonkin: 'I would love to see Valve's data solution come sooner rather than later'
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Jul 6th, 2018
Dead Island 2 is still in development, honest, say developers
Game was announced in 2014, has since moved to a different studio and we have barely heard a peep
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Jul 6th, 2018
French regulators say loot boxes aren't gambling but still require further investigation
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Jul 6th, 2018
PUBG, Jurassic World Evolution and Vermintide 2 among Steam's best-selling games of 2018 so far
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Jul 5th, 2018
Valve not controlling what appears on Steam is a "noble goal", but consumers need to be able to control what they see, SteamSpy's Galyonkin says
"Freedom of speech only works if I have the freedom to not listen"
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Jul 4th, 2018
Valve has shut down another means of estimating Steam game sales
PC giant needs to bring out its own solution sooner rather than later if it's carrying on like this

Ubisoft outlines further anti-cheat measures for Rainbow Six: Siege
Infrastructure being tested and new features added to make the game cleaner

Overwatch Pink Mercy skin and T-shirt raised $12.7m for Breast Cancer Research Foundation

"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac

SteamSpy was briefly 100 per cent accurate and has released Steam's top-selling games
Unsurprisingly, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: GO and PUBG among the best-sellers

SteamSpy's Galyonkin: 'I would love to see Valve's data solution come sooner rather than later'

Dead Island 2 is still in development, honest, say developers
Game was announced in 2014, has since moved to a different studio and we have barely heard a peep

French regulators say loot boxes aren't gambling but still require further investigation

PUBG, Jurassic World Evolution and Vermintide 2 among Steam's best-selling games of 2018 so far

Valve not controlling what appears on Steam is a "noble goal", but consumers need to be able to control what they see, SteamSpy's Galyonkin says
"Freedom of speech only works if I have the freedom to not listen"

Valve has shut down another means of estimating Steam game sales
PC giant needs to bring out its own solution sooner rather than later if it's carrying on like this
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