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 Sep 12th, 2017

Grow Home studio Ubisoft Reflections announces new title Atomega

Newcastle developer's latest game is out next week

News Sep 12th, 2017

Bossa Studios raises $10m in Series A funding

Atomico leads round with London Venture Partners chipping in, too

Industry Icon Sep 11th, 2017

Space governments, virtual worlds and digital economies – How CCP made it to 20

The Icelandic company's long-serving CEO Hilmar Veigar tells PCGI about the impact the firm has had on the games market

News Sep 11th, 2017

1,300 new games have launched on Steam since JUNE

Number of releases in 2017 thus far set to eclipse total number between 2006 and 2014

News Sep 11th, 2017

Steam is back in Malaysia

But Fight of the Gods is notably missing

News Sep 11th, 2017

Firewatch developer threatens DMCA takedown following Pewdiepie racial slur

Meanwhile, YouTubers worry about the future of their business

News Sep 11th, 2017

Nier Automata back in second place as PUBG continues Steam chart reign

Hack and slash sees 30 per cent price reduction

News Sep 8th, 2017

Updated: Malaysia has blocked Steam – report

Block appears to be tied to sales of a title that has religious deities duking it out

Success Story Sep 8th, 2017

"We have very ambitious plans to grow beyond just RuneScape" – Meet the new Jagex

Since its purchase by Chinese entertainment firm Fukong, Jagex is leaner and meaner than ever. Senior product director Neil McClarty tells us more

News Sep 8th, 2017

Raptr to close down later this month

Founder Dennis Fong says company will be gone by September 30th

News Sep 8th, 2017

Blizzard ups eSports investment with launch of arena in Los Angeles

'State of the art' venue at Burbank Studios set to open on October 7th

News Sep 8th, 2017

PC Killer Instinct users will be able to cross play with… other PC Killer Instinct users

Microsoft it is testing to let Steam gamers compete with Windows 10 and Xbox One owners

News Sep 8th, 2017

New transparency measures introduced for ‘influencers’ following FTC CSGO Lotto investigation

There's even a handy chart

Profile Sep 7th, 2017

“No-one is taking risks anymore” – MercurySteam on its ambitious new shooter Raiders of the Broken Planet

When is a triple-A episodic game not a triple-A episodic game?

News Sep 7th, 2017

Updated: No, there isn't an unannounced Bethesda game launching this year

Firm's crowded end of 2017 line-up is about to have a new addition

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