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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.
Articles by Alex Calvin
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News
Jun 11th, 2018
Microsoft buys four game studios including Playground and Ninja Theory, sets up a fifth
Interviews & Opinion
Jun 10th, 2018
E3 2018 - Studio acquisitions, tech talk and a diverse roster - Microsoft is preparing for its next chapter
Interviews & Opinion
Jun 9th, 2018
E3 2018 - EA's conference was a bit of a mess
Not much in the way of new releases and a jarring tone made for an interesting showcase
News
Jun 8th, 2018
Valve pulls controversial games including AIDS simulator from Steam
And we now have an idea of what the PC firm means by 'trolling' games
News
Jun 7th, 2018
Anything goes on Steam so long as it isn't 'illegal' or 'trolling'
And it turns out that Valve had human curators all along which is, um, interesting
List
Jun 6th, 2018
Everything you need to know about E3 2018's press conferences
Dates and times, where to watch them and some wild speculation about what will be on show
News
Jun 11th, 2018
Microsoft buys four game studios including Playground and Ninja Theory, sets up a fifth
Interviews & Opinion
Jun 10th, 2018
E3 2018 - Studio acquisitions, tech talk and a diverse roster - Microsoft is preparing for its next chapter
Interviews & Opinion
Jun 9th, 2018
E3 2018 - EA's conference was a bit of a mess
Not much in the way of new releases and a jarring tone made for an interesting showcase
News
Jun 8th, 2018
Valve pulls controversial games including AIDS simulator from Steam
And we now have an idea of what the PC firm means by 'trolling' games
News
Jun 7th, 2018
Anything goes on Steam so long as it isn't 'illegal' or 'trolling'
And it turns out that Valve had human curators all along which is, um, interesting
List
Jun 6th, 2018
Everything you need to know about E3 2018's press conferences
Dates and times, where to watch them and some wild speculation about what will be on show
Top Stories
Events
| 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 |
