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 Jun 25th, 2020

Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ismail steps down over affair

Follows Twitch streamer outting the Ubisoft developer

News Jun 24th, 2020

Oculus winding down Go headset support

Firm doubling down on Quest and Rift

News Jun 24th, 2020

Former PlayStation studios boss Layden says triple-A budgets aren't sustainable

"Major triple-A games in the current generation go anywhere from $80 million to $150 million or more to build, and that’s before marketing"

Job News Jun 24th, 2020

Edge Case and Wargaming UK vet Brooksby sets up new studio Absolutely Games

“Being back running a new studio with a great and growing future ahead is extremely exciting"

News Jun 24th, 2020

Epic Games Store hits 61m monthly users after free game giveaways

Titles including Grand Theft Auto V given away for nothing

News Jun 24th, 2020

Humble's Fight for Racial Justice Bundle raised $4.4m

Money donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Race Forward and The Bail Project

News Jun 23rd, 2020

Poland adds This War of Mine to school reading list

First government around the world to list game as educational resource

News Jun 23rd, 2020

SuperData: PC revenue up eight per cent for May

Global spending dips three per cent from April's record-breaking figure

News Jun 23rd, 2020

EA commits to "double down" on Star Wars IP

CEO Wilson says he's proud of the variety of titles it's released

News Jun 23rd, 2020

Oculus snaps up Ready At Dawn

No figure placed on the deal just yet

News Jun 23rd, 2020

Techland and Gato cut ties with Chris Avellone after sexual harassment allegations

Part of a new wave of industry people being outed for their shitty behaviour

News Jun 22nd, 2020

Bloober Team in M&A talks

Firm in discussions with six companies at the moment

News Jun 22nd, 2020

Star Wars Squadrons won't feature microtransactions

New content might come to the game, but it's not a service-based affair

News Jun 22nd, 2020

EA details diversity efforts in game dev

Firm has created the Inclusion Framework to help studios create more inclusive characters

News Jun 22nd, 2020

CHARTS: Valve Index VR shoots into first place on Steam

While Persona 4 Golden slides up to the No.2 spot

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