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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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Feature
Apr 5th, 2018
'No-one thought we'd end up sponsoring an esports tournament' - Omen by HP's journey from tech outsider to Overwatch League sponsor
Product John Ludwig shares what HP's Omen games brand had learnt in the last three-and-a-half years
News
Apr 5th, 2018
Ubisoft further details how it is dealing with Rainbow Six: Siege toxicity
French games giant shares how it is trying to stop bad behaviour in its online shooter
Interviews & Opinion
Apr 4th, 2018
Fortnite, Paragon and PUBG: The ups and downs of Epic Games' last 12 months
CEO and founder Tim Sweeney talks Fortnite, Paragon and raytracing
News
Apr 4th, 2018
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Profile
Apr 3rd, 2018
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
News
Apr 3rd, 2018
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
Feature
Apr 5th, 2018
'No-one thought we'd end up sponsoring an esports tournament' - Omen by HP's journey from tech outsider to Overwatch League sponsor
Product John Ludwig shares what HP's Omen games brand had learnt in the last three-and-a-half years
News
Apr 5th, 2018
Ubisoft further details how it is dealing with Rainbow Six: Siege toxicity
French games giant shares how it is trying to stop bad behaviour in its online shooter
Interviews & Opinion
Apr 4th, 2018
Fortnite, Paragon and PUBG: The ups and downs of Epic Games' last 12 months
CEO and founder Tim Sweeney talks Fortnite, Paragon and raytracing
News
Apr 4th, 2018
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Profile
Apr 3rd, 2018
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
News
Apr 3rd, 2018
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
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