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 Dec 15th, 2020

Valve rolls out Steam News Hub

Another one of Valve's Steam Labs experiments is being released to all users.

News Dec 15th, 2020

Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo outline commitment to making games safer

"Protecting players can be challenging in a digitally and often instantaneously connected world"

News Dec 14th, 2020

Roblox bumps IPO until 2021

Firm seems to think it can raise more money by going public next year

News Dec 14th, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 and CS:GO DLC help Steam hit new concurrent users record

Platform clocked in 24.8 million simultaneous players over the weekend

Deal Dec 14th, 2020

Leyou shareholders give nod for $1.3bn Tencent takeover

Firm going private on December 23rd

News Dec 14th, 2020

EA has outbid Take-Two for Codemasters

Racing firm has accepted the bid, Grand Theft Auto giant "considering its position"

News Dec 14th, 2020

CHARTS: CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 holds Steam No.1 spot for second week since launch

Witcher maker's latest game continues to sell well

Job News Dec 11th, 2020

Left 4 Dead creator heading up Bad Robot's new games studio

Takes on GM role, reporting to Bad Robot Games' CEO Anna Sweet

News Dec 11th, 2020

VIDEO: Perfect Dark, Dragon Age and Mass Effect shown off at The Game Awards 2020

Let's face it, most people watch this for the trailers

Job News Dec 11th, 2020

Rare, Frontier and Gobo vets snapped up by Sumo Nottingham

Developer adds one executive producer and two lead game designers

News Dec 11th, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 was pre-ordered eight million times

Title made more than a breathtaking $500m before its launch

News Dec 10th, 2020

Steam's latest Labs experiment focuses again on discoverability

Valve introduces some new menus and features to help users find games

News Dec 10th, 2020

Xbox streaming service beta coming to PC in 2021

Will be available as part of Game Pass Ultimate

News Dec 10th, 2020

Remedy's Control has sold more than 2m copies

90 per cent of units shifted in 2020 have been digital

News Dec 10th, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 hits 1m concurrent players on Steam within hours of launch

Title boasts second-highest simultaneous user stat for today, has the highest audience of any game on the platform

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Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026 in association with Samsung Gaming Hub	Europe	Aug 25th
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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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