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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
May 18th, 2018
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 drops Steam in favour of Battle.net
Developer Treyarch has also ditched single player for the project, per prior rumours
News
May 17th, 2018
Take-Two's Zelnick: It's our job to innovate, not chase trends like battle royale
News
May 17th, 2018
Rage 2 will be a service-based game, but will not have loot boxes
"We have this novel approach: You buy the game and then you play it," says developer Id Software
News
May 16th, 2018
Green Man Gaming defends cost per hour stats on game storefront pages
Digital retailer claims it is simply informing consumers in a saturated entertainment market
News
May 16th, 2018
Overwatch has 40m players two years after launch
Blizzard's team shooter has added five million players since October 2017
Interviews & Opinion
May 15th, 2018
Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game
News
May 18th, 2018
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 drops Steam in favour of Battle.net
Developer Treyarch has also ditched single player for the project, per prior rumours
News
May 17th, 2018
Take-Two's Zelnick: It's our job to innovate, not chase trends like battle royale
News
May 17th, 2018
Rage 2 will be a service-based game, but will not have loot boxes
"We have this novel approach: You buy the game and then you play it," says developer Id Software
News
May 16th, 2018
Green Man Gaming defends cost per hour stats on game storefront pages
Digital retailer claims it is simply informing consumers in a saturated entertainment market
News
May 16th, 2018
Overwatch has 40m players two years after launch
Blizzard's team shooter has added five million players since October 2017
Interviews & Opinion
May 15th, 2018
Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game
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