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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 5th, 2018
Star Citizen raised $34.91m in 2017, double the amount raised by video game Kickstarter campaigns
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Intel pushes back against widespread CPU bug reports
CPUs from Intel, ARM and AMD all affected by a potential security exploit
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Mad Catz is back from the dead, focusing on PC peripherals to start
Revived by a Chinese holding company staffed by former factory workers for the accessories firm
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is Steam's most popular GPU
12.3 per cent of hardware survey participants are using the 2016 graphics card
News
Jan 4th, 2018
IGN fires editor-in-chief following investigation into alleged misconduct, co-founder Schneider to replace him in the meantime
Media giant "parts ways" with Steve Butts, journalist hasn't worked in the office since November
News
Jan 3rd, 2018
Cheaters, bans and lying has Team Fortress 2 community falling out with Valve
Engineer at the firm debunks false rumours of overzealous banning
Job News
Jan 3rd, 2018
New Year New Job - Square Enix Collective's Amy Graves takes us behind the scenes of community management
News
Jan 3rd, 2018
Nexon's high expectations and PUBG blamed for Lawbreakers failure as firm writes off shooter
Indie Interview
Jan 3rd, 2018
'We're different from how video games usually do cyberpunk' - Deconstructeam talks The Red Strings Club
News
Jan 5th, 2018
Star Citizen raised $34.91m in 2017, double the amount raised by video game Kickstarter campaigns
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Intel pushes back against widespread CPU bug reports
CPUs from Intel, ARM and AMD all affected by a potential security exploit
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Mad Catz is back from the dead, focusing on PC peripherals to start
Revived by a Chinese holding company staffed by former factory workers for the accessories firm
News
Jan 4th, 2018
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is Steam's most popular GPU
12.3 per cent of hardware survey participants are using the 2016 graphics card
News
Jan 4th, 2018
IGN fires editor-in-chief following investigation into alleged misconduct, co-founder Schneider to replace him in the meantime
Media giant "parts ways" with Steve Butts, journalist hasn't worked in the office since November
News
Jan 3rd, 2018
Cheaters, bans and lying has Team Fortress 2 community falling out with Valve
Engineer at the firm debunks false rumours of overzealous banning
Job News
Jan 3rd, 2018
New Year New Job - Square Enix Collective's Amy Graves takes us behind the scenes of community management
News
Jan 3rd, 2018
Nexon's high expectations and PUBG blamed for Lawbreakers failure as firm writes off shooter
Indie Interview
Jan 3rd, 2018
'We're different from how video games usually do cyberpunk' - Deconstructeam talks The Red Strings Club
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