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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
Oct 19th, 2017
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds now most popular game in Korean LAN cafés
Battle royale title boasts 24.28 per cent slice of the market at time of writing
Success Story
Oct 18th, 2017
Just over a month after launch, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is closing in on 1m units
Interviews & Opinion
Oct 18th, 2017
Editorial: The triple-A games market is eating itself alive
The cost of making games has shot through the roof, but their RRP remains the same
Job News
Oct 18th, 2017
EA shuts Dead Space maker Visceral Games
Vancouver studio handling Star Wars title, now set for FY19 release
Profile
Oct 17th, 2017
Meet Roblox: The biggest game platform you have (likely) never heard of
This year, the firm is set to pay out $30m split between 1.9m game creators
News
Oct 17th, 2017
Overwatch surpasses 35m players
Unclear if this is copies sold or accounts registered; either way, big news for Blizzard
News
Oct 17th, 2017
Sony Music launches Unties games publishing label, PlayStation seemingly not involved
News
Oct 19th, 2017
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds now most popular game in Korean LAN cafés
Battle royale title boasts 24.28 per cent slice of the market at time of writing
Success Story
Oct 18th, 2017
Just over a month after launch, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is closing in on 1m units
Interviews & Opinion
Oct 18th, 2017
Editorial: The triple-A games market is eating itself alive
The cost of making games has shot through the roof, but their RRP remains the same
Job News
Oct 18th, 2017
EA shuts Dead Space maker Visceral Games
Vancouver studio handling Star Wars title, now set for FY19 release
Profile
Oct 17th, 2017
Meet Roblox: The biggest game platform you have (likely) never heard of
This year, the firm is set to pay out $30m split between 1.9m game creators
News
Oct 17th, 2017
Overwatch surpasses 35m players
Unclear if this is copies sold or accounts registered; either way, big news for Blizzard
News
Oct 17th, 2017
Sony Music launches Unties games publishing label, PlayStation seemingly not involved
Top Stories
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