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 Sep 9th, 2021

Cloud Imperium receives warning over Star Citizen "concept ships" marketing

UK's Advertising Standards Authority tells studio to change how it talks about content that might never be made

News Sep 8th, 2021

Jagex kills Old School RuneScape HD mod launch

Firm says it has a similar project of its own in the works

News Sep 8th, 2021

Garry's Mod has sold 20m copies

Title began life in 2004 ahead of a 2006 Steam release

News Sep 8th, 2021

Remedy is working on Alan Wake Remastered

Updated version of the cult classic set to launch later this year

Job News Sep 8th, 2021

Ubisoft promotes 20-year vet Manceau to chief creative officer role

But workers say that appointment goes against promises made by CEO Guillemot

News Sep 7th, 2021

Report: BioWare moving back to Unreal for new Mass Effect

Follows studio using DICE's Frostbite for Andromeda and Anthem

News Sep 7th, 2021

The Wire and Battlefield actor Williams found dead

No cause of death officially revealed but there are reports of drugs playing a role

Job News Sep 7th, 2021

EA might have a new developer called Neon Black Studios

Could be the new venture that the firm hired Monolith vet Stephens for

Job News Sep 7th, 2021

Tripwire CEO Gibson steps down following Texas abortion comments

His shoes are being filled by co-founder and VP Alan Wilson

News Sep 6th, 2021

Former PlayStation boss Layden says triple-A game dev is unsustainable

SIE alum said that budgets for first-party PS5 titles could be double the $100 million it cost to make PS4 projects

News Sep 6th, 2021

Take-Two suing team that reverse-engineered GTA 3 and Vice City source code

Publishing giant alleges that group "sought unlawfully to copy, adapt, and distribute" this

News Sep 6th, 2021

Chivalry 2 co-dev Shipwright cuts ties with Tripwire over Texas abortion law views

Latter's boss tweeted support of the invasive new legislation

News Sep 6th, 2021

CHARTS: Battlefield V takes Steam No.1 almost three years after launch

Thanks to a 90 per cent price cut

Success Story Sep 3rd, 2021

Video game Kickstarter campaigns raised $13m in first half of 2021

One of the most successful periods since 2015's blockbuster year

News Sep 3rd, 2021

My.Games invests $4.1m into Breach Studios

This is the 18th such deal that the firm has made since the start of 2020

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