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 Aug 12th, 2019

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores

Likely owing to licensing issues

News Aug 12th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Hangar 13's improbable rise, Epic Game Store exclusives, 2K Silicon Valley diversity fail and much more

At the start of each week, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the last seven days

News Aug 9th, 2019

Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward says upcoming Modern Warfare isn't political

"We do talk about concepts like colonialism, occupation, independence and freedom. We don't maybe say those words specifically, but that's the realm we're in"

Industry Icon Aug 9th, 2019

'Surprise and delight'? No, 2K's Hangar 13 studio wants to "surprise and disrupt"

How one studio with just a rather average game to its name has quadrupled in size since 2016

News Aug 9th, 2019

Epic Games to disclose loot box odds following ESA pledge

Meanwhile, THQ Nordic refuses to put name to list of publishers as it says it has no plans to use this business model

News Aug 9th, 2019

Activision says that annual Call of Duty releases are "critical"

"We're taking some important steps to grow the franchise overall," publisher's president Kostich said

News Aug 9th, 2019

Activision Blizzard monthly active users dip five per cent in last financial quarter

Publisher's MAUs drop seven per cent year-on-year, too

Job News Aug 9th, 2019

2K reaffirms commitment to diverse hiring at Silicon Valley studio

Developer said building a diverse workforce was vital when it was announced in February, but right now just four women work at the venture, with the other 30 employees being predominantly white men

Job News Aug 7th, 2019

London's Mediatonic has a new CFO

"We're delighted to welcome Steve onboard as CFO with his international experience building creative, people-focussed companies as we look towards our next phase of growth."

Feature Aug 7th, 2019

What is new with Devcom 2019?

Ahead of the Cologne show's third year, we caught up with managing director Stephan Reichart to find out more

News Aug 7th, 2019

WWE 2K developer Yuke's parts ways with 2K Games

Japanese studio previously said it was working on a brand new wrestling IP

News Aug 7th, 2019

Opinion: Care about game developers? Then stop getting angry about studios going exclusive with the Epic Games Store

The Fortnite firm's platform might not be perfect, but it's letting creators achieve financial stability in an increasingly difficult market

Success Story Aug 7th, 2019

How Discord attracted 250m users in four years

CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy tells us more

News Aug 7th, 2019

PC and browser made up a fifth of EA net revenue for last quarter

Platforms brought in $249m, a 3.2 per cent increase year-on-year

News Aug 7th, 2019

ESA: 'Other societies where games are played as avidly do not contend with the tragic levels of violence that occur in the US'

"Video games positively contribute to society, from new medical therapies and advancements, educational tools, business innovation, and more"

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