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 Oct 11th, 2018

For some reason, KFC is getting into the games space

KFC Gaming account launches on Twitter

News Oct 11th, 2018

Two million people have played Forza Horizon 4 in its first week

Franchise is the best-selling racing series of this console generation - no surprise as it's the only annual release in this space

News Oct 10th, 2018

Skybound isn't giving much away about The Walking Dead's future

“We are doing our best to take care of the people. Our intent is to work with the original team but there are a lot of moving parts"

News Oct 10th, 2018

Improbable expands Unity SpatialOS support, launches 200-player demo

Lots of battle royale on the way, then

Interviews & Opinion Oct 10th, 2018

How Semaeopus is approaching hacking and crowdfunding with Off Grid

Studio co-founder Rich Metson takes us behind the scenes

News Oct 10th, 2018

Bethesda says Fallout 76 skipping Steam is to have better relationship with consumers

VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines speaks out

News Oct 10th, 2018

It sure sounds like Microsoft is buying Pillars of Eternity maker Obsidian

Six years after Big M nearly killed the studio, it's "90 per cent" on the way to closing a deal to buy it

Interviews & Opinion Oct 9th, 2018

Why are Id Software and Avalanche Studios making Rage 2?

The 2011 was a technical marvel but feels like it fell short commercially. Id studio director Willits and Avalanche senior designer Wallmo tell us how this game came about

News Oct 9th, 2018

"This is the Year of Id"

"We're hitting on all cylinders and all our brands are exceeding expectations. We're very happy," says studio director Tim Willits

News Oct 9th, 2018

CD Projekt RED announces partnership with Digital Scapes for Cyberpunk 2077

"The Digital Scapes team brings aboard a lot of talent, experience and technical knowledge, and I’m very confident our long-term cooperation will add plenty to the game."

News Oct 9th, 2018

Assassin's Creed Odyssey peak Steam player count already 33 per cent higher than Origins'

Title hits 62,000 user peak

Interviews & Opinion Oct 9th, 2018

INSIDE TRACK - Meet independent consultant Christian Fonnesbech

"My main focus is story and franchise development: I love developing IPs and brands into lasting properties"

News Oct 9th, 2018

Cloud games firm Improbable is moving London offices

Soon to be based in Spitafields

News Oct 9th, 2018

Video games contributed $3.8bn to UK economy in 2016

And it provides 50,000 jobs

News Oct 8th, 2018

Microsoft announces cloud gaming initiative Project xCloud

"The future of gaming is a world where you are empowered to play the games you want, with the people you want, whenever you want, wherever you are, and on any device of your choosing"

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