Alex Forbes-Calvin

Staff Profile

About

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.

Articles by Alex Forbes-Calvin

All articles written by Alex Forbes-Calvin

News Aug 23rd, 2019

Razer and Tencent collaborate to create cloud games standards

"We are delighted that this relationship has gone from strength to strength with a shared commitment to bringing the best experience to the gamer community"

News Aug 23rd, 2019

Riot reaches preliminary agreement with members of discrimination class-action lawsuit

"This is a clear indication that Riot is dedicated to making progress in evolving its culture and employment practices"

News Aug 21st, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - HP Omen has softened up its branding to make games more welcoming

"The word I use to describe it is British-English - we don't use it in the US - but it captures it really well, is cheeky"

News Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - MachineGames says it never meant Wolfenstein titles to be relevant and that it's "incredibly disappointing" that they are

We never meant for our stories to be relevant, we wanted to tell great, interesting stories to the best of our abilities"

News Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - Microsoft's new Age of Empires arm isn't a developer, firm overseeing other studios working on IP

"We do have an internal team but we're really providing oversight to our wonderful development partners"

News Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - Introduction of dragons helped The Elder Scrolls Online reach 13.5m users, Zenimax Online says

MMO title added 2.5m new users between June 2018 and 2019

News Aug 19th, 2019

Here's everything shown off during Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live

So we think Hideo Kojima was on-stage stalking about piss but we're not sure if that's the sleep deprivation talking?

News Aug 19th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Figuring out important concepts is vital to writing sequels, Borderlands 3 narrative boss Varnell says

"You just have to be sure that when you write and design your story, then you remind people that those things are important"

News Aug 19th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Budget for Remedy's Control between €20m and €30m

Finnish developer needs to shift one or two million copies to break even

News Aug 19th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Valve clarifies what to expect from its own SteamSpy solution

"We have constantly been working on ways to improve the way that developers can make smart decisions based on the data that they see and give them better ways to make those decisions"

News Aug 18th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Here's why Cipsoft isn't banning cheaters from MMO Tibia

"Players were blocked from botting, but not punished for trying"

News Aug 18th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Black Sail's Olthen: Brutal honesty with staff and audience is vital in games development

And it's also worth checking with studio staff to check what they think the project they are working on is

News Aug 18th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Ubisoft Massive went to Chernobyl to capture "sound of silence" for The Division 2

Studio initially went to game's setting of Washington, DC but couldn't record what it was after

News Aug 18th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Games can be a force against those promoting "hate and populism," show organiser says

MD Stephan Reichart says "We live in truly crazy and challenging times, facing social, political and economic issues"

News Aug 16th, 2019

Investor bails Loot Crate out after firm goes bankrupt

Money Chest chips in up to $10m to keep the company afloat

1 2 3 4 314 315 316 317 318 457

Immersive Tech Week 2026	Europe	Jun 23rd
Global Games Show 2026	Middle East	Jun 29th
Global AI Show Riyadh	Middle East	Jun 29th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2026	Asia	Jul 29th
gamescom Dev 2026	Europe	Aug 23rd
Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026	Europe	Aug 25th
Pocket Gamer Party Cologne 2026	Europe	Aug 26th
LA Games Conference 2026	North America	Sep 30th

Staff Profile

About

About

Articles by Alex Forbes-Calvin

All articles written by Alex Forbes-Calvin

Get PC Games Insider in your inbox

Top Stories

Join Us On Facebook