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 Oct 20th, 2020

UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to boost esports sector

New research shows that country's pro-gaming sector saw 8.5% jobs increase annually between 2016 and 2019

News Oct 20th, 2020

Logitech games sales up 64% in Q2

Firm says the coronavirus pandemic and rise of esports have contributed to this performance

News Oct 20th, 2020

Valve lays out plans to tackle Dota 2 toxicity

Company plans to use a similar player-managed system to what it introduced in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

News Oct 19th, 2020

Xbox boss Spencer says he wants as many people as possible to play Bethesda titles

Sounds like they won't be exclusive to Microsoft's ecosystem

News Oct 19th, 2020

Bungie takes down Destiny 2 cheat PerfectAim

Studio says the hack violates license agreements, issues cease and desist

News Oct 19th, 2020

Monetisation platform PlayerLands goes live

Service allows server owners to sell in-game items to fans

News Oct 19th, 2020

STEAM CHARTS: Horror title Phasmophobia takes top spot from Baldur's Gate 3

VR game has hit peak of 86k concurrent users since launch

News Oct 16th, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 launching on Stadia Day One

CD Projekt's eagerly-anticipated sci-fi RPG will be playable on Google's streaming platform on release

News Oct 16th, 2020

Unity creates charitable Social Impact fund

Engine firm wants to tackle disparity of education and economic opportunities, sustainability, as well as health and well-being.

News Oct 16th, 2020

Among Us is the third most-watched game on Twitch right now

Multiplayer smash hit comes in behind Just Chatting category and MOBA League of Legends

News Oct 16th, 2020

Microsoft agrees to share digital Xbox revenue with GameStop

Big M moves to support physical retail

News Oct 16th, 2020

Blizzard not making new content for StarCraft II

Developer has supported the game for ten years now, will only be focusing on core and competitive communities now

Job News Oct 15th, 2020

Giants Software rolls out publishing arm

Firm is releasing its own titles now

Job News Oct 15th, 2020

Microsoft's The Initiative lands another Naughty Dog vet

Lauren Garcia hired as senior shader technologies developer

Job News Oct 15th, 2020

Rockstar confirms Ruffian Games acquisition

“We are incredibly excited to be joining the Rockstar team," studio co-founder Thomson said

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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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