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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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Data & Research
Jul 20th, 2017
‘HTML5 can compete toe-to-toe with plugins,’ says Kongregate
Research from the browser games platform shows massive growth for the tech over the last few years
News
Jul 18th, 2017
Enter the Gungeon hits 1m sales
Procedurally generated bullet themed dungeon crawler goes platinum
News
Jul 17th, 2017
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds tops Steam charts AGAIN as it shoots past GTA V’s concurrent player figures
SteamSpy data shows PUBG beating GTA's peak player figures, and it closing in on Fallout 4's
Job News
Jul 10th, 2017
Report: Thousands laid off at Microsoft
Cuts mostly to roles outside of US, center on IT, finance and legal teams
Data & Research
Jul 10th, 2017
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Steam chart No.1 again as Stardew Valley returns to the Top Ten
Can anything put an end to the Early Access Battle Royale's reign?
News
Jun 29th, 2017
IHS: Chinese PC market worth $13.1bn in 2016
88 per cent of revenue came from microtransactions; premium PC downloads rose 307% year-on-year
‘HTML5 can compete toe-to-toe with plugins,’ says Kongregate
Research from the browser games platform shows massive growth for the tech over the last few years
Enter the Gungeon hits 1m sales
Procedurally generated bullet themed dungeon crawler goes platinum
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds tops Steam charts AGAIN as it shoots past GTA V’s concurrent player figures
SteamSpy data shows PUBG beating GTA's peak player figures, and it closing in on Fallout 4's
Report: Thousands laid off at Microsoft
Cuts mostly to roles outside of US, center on IT, finance and legal teams
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Steam chart No.1 again as Stardew Valley returns to the Top Ten
Can anything put an end to the Early Access Battle Royale's reign?
IHS: Chinese PC market worth $13.1bn in 2016
88 per cent of revenue came from microtransactions; premium PC downloads rose 307% year-on-year
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