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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
Nov 27th, 2017
UK's Gambling Commission concerned by blurred line of video games and gambling
But says loot crates do not constitute gambling under current definition
Industry Icon
Nov 24th, 2017
How Prison Architect brought Introversion back from the brink
And how it has helped the studio weather the underperforming Scanner Sombre
News
Nov 24th, 2017
Rainbow Six Siege finally gets an option to report toxicity
Community developer advises users read up on the tactical shooter's code of conduct
Job News
Nov 23rd, 2017
Creative Assembly is hiring for its biggest multiformat project yet
New IP being made by the team behind Alien Isolation and Halo Wars 2
Profile
Nov 23rd, 2017
Has Shadow cracked cloud PC gaming with its Blade tech?
How Emmanuel Freund went from building phones for the old to trying to reinvent the PC
Job News
Nov 23rd, 2017
Grand Theft Auto V, Metal Gear and Hellblade vets join Playground Games
Studio opens second office, new team working on open-world RPG
Profile
Nov 22nd, 2017
Why Reikon wished it had made cyberpunk action game Ruiner a little bit easier
News
Nov 22nd, 2017
Hellblade hits half a million sales and developer Ninja Theory explains how it did it
News
Nov 27th, 2017
UK's Gambling Commission concerned by blurred line of video games and gambling
But says loot crates do not constitute gambling under current definition
Industry Icon
Nov 24th, 2017
How Prison Architect brought Introversion back from the brink
And how it has helped the studio weather the underperforming Scanner Sombre
News
Nov 24th, 2017
Rainbow Six Siege finally gets an option to report toxicity
Community developer advises users read up on the tactical shooter's code of conduct
Job News
Nov 23rd, 2017
Creative Assembly is hiring for its biggest multiformat project yet
New IP being made by the team behind Alien Isolation and Halo Wars 2
Profile
Nov 23rd, 2017
Has Shadow cracked cloud PC gaming with its Blade tech?
How Emmanuel Freund went from building phones for the old to trying to reinvent the PC
Job News
Nov 23rd, 2017
Grand Theft Auto V, Metal Gear and Hellblade vets join Playground Games
Studio opens second office, new team working on open-world RPG
Profile
Nov 22nd, 2017
Why Reikon wished it had made cyberpunk action game Ruiner a little bit easier
News
Nov 22nd, 2017
Hellblade hits half a million sales and developer Ninja Theory explains how it did it
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