Alex Calvin

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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 Mar 21st, 2018

Revenue from ID@Xbox games has doubled to $1bn since August 2017

"That's great for Microsoft, it's great for the developers"

News Mar 21st, 2018

Ubisoft teams up with Tencent to launch games in China

Strategic partnership sees the French firm's tites in the region

Job News Mar 21st, 2018

Former Telltale staff complain of a toxic working culture at The Walking Dead studio

It sounds like things went really bad for the game maker after that title's success

News Mar 20th, 2018

Ubisoft gives Vivendi the boot as Tencent becomes shareholder in the French publisher

Conglomerate sells its 27.3 per cent stake in the firm

Job News Mar 20th, 2018

Witcher and Cyberpunk giant CD Projekt RED opens new digs in Wroclaw

“Wrocław is one of the biggest and most technologically advanced cities in Poland and a playing field for serious creative talent"

News Mar 20th, 2018

NetEase's battle royale Knives Out is coming to PC

Mobile battle royale game now boasts more than 200m players

News Mar 19th, 2018

Vermintide 2 has made more revenue than the original title in under two weeks

PC version of the sequel smashes original on all platforms

News Mar 19th, 2018

Nvidia and Microsoft team up to roll out raytracing tech in games

In projects launching later this year

Job News Mar 19th, 2018

QA and localisation firm Testronic opens up shop in Asia with new Bangkok office

Lily Gavin-Allen to head up business development in the region

News Mar 19th, 2018

Facebook courts developers with wealth of streaming and social-focused API changes

Social media giant claims it's easier than ever to stream games via its platform while adding in analytics tools for game devs

News Mar 19th, 2018

Unreal Engine 4 developers can now use Paragon assets

A claimed $12m of assets are up for grabs

News Mar 16th, 2018

Microsoft rolls out new Gaming Cloud business

New venture is platform agnostic, tech firm working hard to get developers on board

Profile Mar 16th, 2018

Inside Track - Frazer Nash Communications is the Wargaming PR vet's new venture

Best known for heading up Wargaming's PR efforts in the UK, Frazer Nash departed the World of Tanks maker earlier this year to set up his own communications agency. We caught up with the man himself to find out more.

News Mar 16th, 2018

Former PlayStation chief Jack Tretton and Ark Survival Evolved CEO form investment firm for indies

“Traditional private equity and venture firms appreciate the $100bn size of the gaming industry, but most lack the understanding and the comfort level to invest in it"

News Mar 16th, 2018

French PC games market worth $1.4bn in 2017

Hardware drives growth as software stalls

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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
ChinaJoy 2025	Asia	Jul 31st
GenCon 2025	North America	Jul 31st
SIGGRAPH 2025	North America	Aug 10th

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