Alex Forbes-Calvin

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Alex Forbes-Calvin is a freelance writer and photographer, mostly operating within the games industry. Over his career, he has written for the likes of MCV, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, The Observer, VGC and Esquire. That's on top of writing books for Dark Horse on RuneScape, Assassin's Creed, Dead Island 2 and more.

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News Aug 20th, 2025

Peak has sold 10m copies

And the indie hit has made over $55 million in revenue, too

News Aug 20th, 2025

Rod Fergusson is Cloud Chamber's new studio head

The developer is also making layoffs

News Aug 19th, 2025

CHARTS: PUBG back at No.1 on Steam

Krafton's battle royale hit deposed Counter-Strike 2 for the week

News Aug 19th, 2025

Nexon investigating The First Descendant TikTok ads

But the company is yet to address allegations that it stole the likeness of an influencer

News Aug 19th, 2025

Valve makes Steam review tweaks based on language

"Calculating a language-specific review score means that we can better distill the sentiment of these different groups of customers"

News Aug 18th, 2025

Blackbird acquires Hardspace: Shipbreaker IP

French firm Focus Entertainment previously owned the franchise

News Aug 18th, 2025

Louisiana is suing Roblox over child safety concerns

But the company says that the state has its facts wrong

News Aug 18th, 2025

4J Studios opens new Edinburgh office

This studio will be working on the in-development Reforj

News Aug 15th, 2025

Godforge dev Fateless secures $8m investment

The company has secured $14 million in total to date

News Aug 15th, 2025

PayPal pulls Steam support for most currencies

You can only use the platform to pay via six currencies at the moment

News Aug 15th, 2025

4.8m delusional fools have wishlisted Silksong on Steam

It's the most wishlisted title on the platofrm

News Aug 14th, 2025

Steel City sets up new studio in Leamington Spa

The developer has hired a raft of senior talent

News Aug 14th, 2025

Coatsink's founders are leaving the company

Head of studio Richard Snowdown is stepping into the CEO role

News Aug 14th, 2025

Arkane STJV members demand Microsoft halt support for Israel

"We think that Microsoft has no place being an accomplice of a genocide"

News Aug 13th, 2025

Influencer marketing agency Instinct3 opens new publishing arm

The company is aiming to support indie and mid-tier devs

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