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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Job News Jul 27th, 2017

Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan moves to Coffee Stain Studios

Minecraft vet joins Goat Simulator firm as business developer

Industry Icon Jul 27th, 2017

CCP's Big Bang: The Making of Eve Online

Over 14 years ago, a group of Icelandic developers inspired by '80s role-playing games and enabled by technological advancements decided to make

Job News Jul 26th, 2017

GDC hires Katie Stern as new GM

Designers of Things co-founder to join Game Developers Conference organisers UBM as of next month

Indie Interview Jul 25th, 2017

How Nosebleed hopes to please hardcore and casual gamers with Vostok Inc

"It comes from a bit of a frustration"

News Jul 24th, 2017

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds holds No.1 ahead of Dream Daddy dating sim game

Brendan Greene’s battle royale title might be unstoppable, but a number of new title join the Top Ten this week

Job News Jul 23rd, 2017

Come And Work For PCGamesInsider.biz

Steel Media now hiring for two business development roles.

News Jul 21st, 2017

Report: Razer sets sights on $5bn valuation for IPO

Tech specialist also making a mobile games device

Data & Research Jul 20th, 2017

‘HTML5 can compete toe-to-toe with plugins,’ says Kongregate

Research from the browser games platform shows massive growth for the tech over the last few years

News Jul 18th, 2017

Enter the Gungeon hits 1m sales

Procedurally generated bullet themed dungeon crawler goes platinum

News Jul 17th, 2017

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds tops Steam charts AGAIN as it shoots past GTA V’s concurrent player figures

SteamSpy data shows PUBG beating GTA's peak player figures, and it closing in on Fallout 4's

Profile Jul 11th, 2017

'PC games are a big part of Gamescom,' say show organisers

Ahead of Gamescom 2017, we speak to the event’s project manager Tim Endres to see what we can expect from this year’s show

Job News Jul 10th, 2017

Report: Thousands laid off at Microsoft

Cuts mostly to roles outside of US, center on IT, finance and legal teams

Data & Research Jul 10th, 2017

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Steam chart No.1 again as Stardew Valley returns to the Top Ten

Can anything put an end to the Early Access Battle Royale's reign?

Job News Jul 3rd, 2017

IGDA chief Kate Edwards steps down

Organisation on hunt for replacement; board chair Trent Oster takes on interim executive director role

News Jul 3rd, 2017

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds still No.1 despite Steam Summer Sale discounts

Battle Royale title takes top spot ahead of price cut games

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