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 Aug 18th, 2017

We Happy Few dev Compulsion has more than quadrupled studio size after Early Access launch

"What the public and the press were telling us they loved about our game wasn't anything like the procedural, story-light, rogue-like survival game we were creating at all,"

News Aug 18th, 2017

Valve is limiting big key requests to crack down on manipulation of Steam systems

Firm says it will continue to honour key requests, but not when they are at the expense of its own service

The PC Pulse Aug 17th, 2017

Are indie developers charging too little for their games?

Data from SteamSpy suggests that independent studios are selling themselves short

Profile Aug 17th, 2017

After seven years of growth, Green Man Gaming is going international

CEO and founder Paul Sulyok chats international, Brexit and plans for the future

News Aug 17th, 2017

Why developers should check out the BRAND NEW PC Connects Helsinki

Cheap tickets, exposure, pitching to industry leaders and networking – what more could you want?

News Aug 17th, 2017

Nielsen is now tracking the eSports market

“There’s a high demand for reliable, independent measurement of value in eSports"

News Aug 17th, 2017

Deep Silver picks up Shenmue III publishing rights

“We look forward to leveraging our global publishing network to best support these highly anticipated triple-A titles.”

News Aug 17th, 2017

Crackdown 3 bumped to early 2018

"Crackdown 3 is a hugely ambitious game and we want to ensure we deliver the right experiences all the way through every part of the game"

News Aug 16th, 2017

PC games generated $2bn for Tencent last quarter

But firm warns of deceleration in PC revenue

Job News Aug 16th, 2017

Three new hires at UK trade body Ukie

Organisation appoints two new consultants in Isaaman and Joyce, and Martin as a programme development executive for Digital Schoolhouse

News Aug 16th, 2017

UPDATED: Playerunknown's Battlegrounds firm Bluehole says Tencent isn't investing

Rumours say Chinese giant tried to buy the Korean games firm, but was rejected

Success Story Aug 16th, 2017

How Hinterland sold 1.3m copies of The Long Dark and landed a film deal

After almost three years, The Long Dark launched out of Early Access this August

Job News Aug 16th, 2017

Indie publisher Gambitious is now Good Shepherd Entertainment

New CEO and president appointed, SIE Europe vet Ben Andac hired as business and product developer

News Aug 16th, 2017

H1Z1: Just Survive undergoes name change as part of major update

Now just... Just Survive. Keep up.

News Aug 15th, 2017

Football Manager 2018 hits stores mid-November

For the first time, the base Football Manager release will be coming out alongside Football Manager Touch and Football Manager Mobile

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