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 Apr 28th, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 drove 114% increase in revenue for GOG.com

Platform saw a 208 per cent increase in monthly active users

News Apr 28th, 2021

Bonsai Collective lands $3.5m investment from Super.com

Duo team up for an unannounced first-person shooter title

News Apr 28th, 2021

Games revenue up 50 per cent at Microsoft

Minecraft users up 30 per cent year-on-year

News Apr 27th, 2021

Respawn and Oculus' documentary Colette wins Oscar

This is the games industry's first Academy Award

News Apr 27th, 2021

ADL says Twitch needs to invest more in moderation

Organisation's Center for Technology and Society has published a report looking into hate speech on the service

News Apr 27th, 2021

Outriders dev People Can Fly snaps up Phosphor Games

Developer is becoming People Can Fly Chicago

News Apr 27th, 2021

EA clarifies what 'conversion' means in leaked FIFA Ultimate Team documents

Publishing giant claims it was about moving people between releases, not driving them to spend money on loot boxes

News Apr 26th, 2021

It Takes Two has sold one million copies

And the game is "still going strong"

News Apr 26th, 2021

Humble Bundle to cap charity donations to 15% next month

Follows the storefront tweaking these options earlier in 2021

Job News Apr 26th, 2021

Activision appoints NFL vet Johanna Faries GM of Call of Duty

Previously she headed up the company's esports leagues

News Apr 26th, 2021

CHARTS: Nier Replicant remake debuts at Steam No.1 spot

EA publisher sale brings Titanfall 2 and Battlefield V back into the Top Ten

News Apr 23rd, 2021

Borderlands dev Gearbox says it might 'expand outside' Texas over transgender legislation

"We want to keep doing business here"

News Apr 23rd, 2021

Keywords snaps up UK games studio Climax

No figure placed on the deal

News Apr 23rd, 2021

Itch.io, Brave and Krita among PC apps added to Epic Games Store

Fortnite maker won't be getting revenue from the indie platform

News Apr 23rd, 2021

CD Projekt refunded around 30,000 Cyberpunk 2077 purchases

That's about 0.21 of sales as of the end of 2020

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gamescom Dev 2026	Europe	Aug 23rd
Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026 in association with Samsung Gaming Hub	Europe	Aug 25th
The Pocket Gamer 20th Anniversary Party Cologne 2026	Europe	Aug 26th
LA Games Conference 2026	North America	Sep 30th
Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026	Nordic	Oct 20th
PG Connects Summit Montréal 2026	North America	Nov 9th

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