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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 16th, 2017
EA sees subscription and live services as way to 'uncapped' monetisation
Motive's Star Wars game to feature gameplay nobody 'has ever seen before'
News
Nov 16th, 2017
Belgium's gambling authority investigating Overwatch and Star Wars Battlefront II loot boxes
Profile
Nov 15th, 2017
Why Cliff Harris is getting out of publishing and has decided he likes Early Access
News
Nov 15th, 2017
Blizzard throws shade at EA over Star Wars microtransaction woes
Twitter posts and video ads poke fun at that company's recent PR problems
Success Story
Nov 14th, 2017
How Digital Extremes grew Warframe's player base to 30m users
The Plains of Eidolon has helped the free-to-play title reach an even larger community
News
Nov 14th, 2017
EA cuts Hero cost in Star Wars Battlefront 2
Publishing giant once again doesn't fight back against the toxicity of its fanbase
News
Nov 14th, 2017
Hitman has 7m players, more content planned
Developer IO retains rights to Freedom Fighters as well as Hitman
News
Nov 16th, 2017
EA sees subscription and live services as way to 'uncapped' monetisation
Motive's Star Wars game to feature gameplay nobody 'has ever seen before'
News
Nov 16th, 2017
Belgium's gambling authority investigating Overwatch and Star Wars Battlefront II loot boxes
Profile
Nov 15th, 2017
Why Cliff Harris is getting out of publishing and has decided he likes Early Access
News
Nov 15th, 2017
Blizzard throws shade at EA over Star Wars microtransaction woes
Twitter posts and video ads poke fun at that company's recent PR problems
Success Story
Nov 14th, 2017
How Digital Extremes grew Warframe's player base to 30m users
The Plains of Eidolon has helped the free-to-play title reach an even larger community
News
Nov 14th, 2017
EA cuts Hero cost in Star Wars Battlefront 2
Publishing giant once again doesn't fight back against the toxicity of its fanbase
News
Nov 14th, 2017
Hitman has 7m players, more content planned
Developer IO retains rights to Freedom Fighters as well as Hitman
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