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 18th, 2019

Square boss Matsuda says Shinra cloud tech play was "too early"

"What we tried to do... was based on what at the time was very innovative thinking"

News Jun 17th, 2019

Former Epic production director Fergusson says he tried to cancel Fortnite

Gears of War studio head says he has no regrets over the decision

News Jun 17th, 2019

Oculus' Rubin: "We believe in the PC marketplace"

"The PC audience is willing to experiment and VR needs experimentation when it comes to software development"

News Jun 17th, 2019

Square Enix was the No.1 most-mentioned publisher in E3 2019 media coverage, according to Ico Partners

Cyberpunk was the most mentioned game for the show

List Jun 17th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Nintendo's Doug Bowser, Dr Disrespect banned from Twitch, and blockchain's increased E3 presence

15 articles from PocketGamer.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockchainGamer.biz

News Jun 17th, 2019

Riot Games has "withheld critical information" in gender pay discrimination investigation, California fair employment body claims

League of Legends maker hasn't supplied enough information yet

News Jun 14th, 2019

Both Valve and Riot are working on their own versions of Dota Auto Chess

Steam giant's take already in beta, League of Legends maker starts work on its own spin

News Jun 14th, 2019

Square Enix wants to do more with its digital back catalogue

CEO and president Yosuke Matsuda isn't quite sure how it'll do that though

News Jun 14th, 2019

EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games at E3

Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, 57 per cent of users have been bullied in an online title

News Jun 14th, 2019

Positivity, Netflix-for-games and Keanu Reeves: Here are the biggest trends from E3 2019

Check out the biggest undercurrents from this year's show

News Jun 14th, 2019

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018

Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue

News Jun 14th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North's headcount almost doubled between 2017 and 2018 financial years

For the 12 months ending March 31st, 2018, the Edinburgh studio had a monthly average of 1,063 members of staff

News Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019 - EA says it needs to have longer alpha periods following Anthem's disastrous launch

Chief studios officer Laura Miele said that BioWare's MMO should have been playable a year before its launch

News Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019 - CD Projekt bringing trans and non-binary options to Cyberpunk 2077 character creator

"It's a very sensitive and important subject I believe"

News Jun 13th, 2019

California state employment department says Riot Games has not been co-operating in gender discrimination investigation

But the League of Legends studio says it has been complying

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