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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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Mar 8th, 2019
Brenda Romero: "Start coding tonight. Start making games. Don’t wait for college"
Job News
Mar 8th, 2019
BioWare vet Flynn is leading development on Improbable's first internal projects, SpatialOS firm has created a studio in London
Games being built on Epic's Unreal Engine 4, but aside from that details are scarce
Feature
Mar 8th, 2019
How Final Fantasy VII made Jade Leamcharaskul pursue a career in video games music
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 8th, 2019
How Colossal Order's Mariina Hallikainen became a game studio CEO right out of university
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 8th, 2019
"There's a misconception that PR professionals are spin doctors. I’d like to think we build our relationships with the media and the public based on trust and telling the truth," says Nvidia's Andersson
Feature
Mar 8th, 2019
Teazelcat's Jodie Azhar: "I would have benefited a lot from being taught to be more self-assured when I know I’m right about something"
Job News
Mar 8th, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Here are where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business
We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings
But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular
Feature
Mar 7th, 2019
Boxing clever: Contact Sales boss Stallibrass talks the simulation market, its indie business and the digital transition
Oh, and the UK firm reckons its business could increase by 30 per cent this year!
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Intel: Cloud tech will expand what games can be made and how many people are playing them
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Epic, Take-Two's Private Division, ex-ESA president Gallagher, Super Evil Megacorp, Bandai Namco and Chet Faliszek, Super Evil Megacorp among first PC Connects Seattle 2019 speakers
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Valve says it will not distribute rape game due to "unknown costs and risks"
Company gives a bit more insight into its open platform policy for Steam
Industry Icon
Mar 8th, 2019
Brenda Romero: "Start coding tonight. Start making games. Don’t wait for college"
Job News
Mar 8th, 2019
BioWare vet Flynn is leading development on Improbable's first internal projects, SpatialOS firm has created a studio in London
Games being built on Epic's Unreal Engine 4, but aside from that details are scarce
Feature
Mar 8th, 2019
How Final Fantasy VII made Jade Leamcharaskul pursue a career in video games music
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 8th, 2019
How Colossal Order's Mariina Hallikainen became a game studio CEO right out of university
Interviews & Opinion
Mar 8th, 2019
"There's a misconception that PR professionals are spin doctors. I’d like to think we build our relationships with the media and the public based on trust and telling the truth," says Nvidia's Andersson
Feature
Mar 8th, 2019
Teazelcat's Jodie Azhar: "I would have benefited a lot from being taught to be more self-assured when I know I’m right about something"
Job News
Mar 8th, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Here are where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business
We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings
But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular
Feature
Mar 7th, 2019
Boxing clever: Contact Sales boss Stallibrass talks the simulation market, its indie business and the digital transition
Oh, and the UK firm reckons its business could increase by 30 per cent this year!
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Intel: Cloud tech will expand what games can be made and how many people are playing them
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Epic, Take-Two's Private Division, ex-ESA president Gallagher, Super Evil Megacorp, Bandai Namco and Chet Faliszek, Super Evil Megacorp among first PC Connects Seattle 2019 speakers
News
Mar 7th, 2019
Valve says it will not distribute rape game due to "unknown costs and risks"
Company gives a bit more insight into its open platform policy for Steam
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