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 Jan 9th, 2018

Curve Digital's Human: Fall Flat surpasses 1m sales on Steam

Title has sold in the region of 800,000 copies in last three months

News Jan 9th, 2018

PUBG players will soon be able to report cheaters in replay mode

Follows 1.5m people being banned from the game for cheating between March and December 2017

News Jan 9th, 2018

Interest in cryptocurrency sees GPU prices and demand soar

Some AMD cards now costing twice their launch price

Job News Jan 9th, 2018

New Year New Job - What does managing brand for Dingit involve? Claire Sharkey tells us

"I represent the brand and also work on our marketing strategies, which encompasses sponsorship of events, content creators and working with major industry names, be that in the triple-A or indie market"

News Jan 9th, 2018

PC Connects London 2018: Meet the Speakers - Andrew Smith, Spilt Milk

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers who are going to be sharing their insight at the show

Interviews & Opinion Jan 8th, 2018

Storm in a Teacup: Close to the Sun could begin a new era for us

Announced at Gamescom 2017, the Italian studio has high hopes for the horror-tinged science fiction project

News Jan 8th, 2018

PC Connects London 2018: Meet the Speakers - Mike Bithell

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers who are going to be sharing their insight at the show.

Job News Jan 8th, 2018

Sniper Elite firm Rebellion snaps up Radiant Worlds

70 employees saved, studio rebranded Rebellion Warwick

News Jan 8th, 2018

Cloud Imperium files motion to dismiss on Star Citizen Crytek suit

And it looks like the licensing agreement the duo signed does not back up Crytek's claims

News Jan 8th, 2018

GOG has rejected puzzle title Opus Magnum

Zachtronics' game fails the online stores curation process, apparently

News Jan 8th, 2018

They Are Billions takes Steam No.3 spot, Human: Fall Flat returns to Top Ten

Curve Digital's physics-based title closes in on 1.5m sales

News Jan 5th, 2018

US military making game to prepare teachers for school shootings

Will be out in spring of this year

News Jan 5th, 2018

Square Enix boss: Browser games could get 'renewed attention' in 2018

Meanwhile, the firm plans to provide 'high-quality creative contents' this year off the back of 2017's 'portfolio expansion' strategy

Job News Jan 5th, 2018

New Year New Job - Gemma Cooper tells us about doing PR for Total War firm Creative Assembly

"You need to be a people person. You have to be organised and have a good attention to detail"

News Jan 5th, 2018

Now Paladins is getting a battle royale mode

Dubbed 'Battlegrounds', we're curious to see what PUBG Corp does

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BitSummit 2025	Asia	Jul 18th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2025	Asia	Jul 30th
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GenCon 2025	North America	Jul 31st
ChinaJoy 2025	Asia	Jul 31st
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