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Alex Forbes-Calvin
PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor
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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
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News
Aug 2nd, 2018
Riot's first game after League of Legends is going to be niche, have longevity and might be an MMO (but it also might not)
Studio co-founder Marc Merrill hints at what the LA developer is up to
Interviews & Opinion
Aug 1st, 2018
The Steampocalypse: How the massive number of games on Steam has made the platform a hostile environment for devs
News
Jul 31st, 2018
Valve's lack of a quality threshold is damaging to developers and games, says Auroch's Rawlings
"I love Valve and what it does and I would urge them to take control of that situation."
News
Jul 30th, 2018
Ten reasons to come to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 in September
There's literally no excuse for not being at this year's show
News
Jul 30th, 2018
EA "interested" in experimenting with standalone free-to-play battle royale game
News
Jul 27th, 2018
One year on - 10 ways Fortnite has impacted the games market
How a survival-and-crafting-slash-battle-royale-after-the-fact title has affected the industry
News
Aug 2nd, 2018
Riot's first game after League of Legends is going to be niche, have longevity and might be an MMO (but it also might not)
Studio co-founder Marc Merrill hints at what the LA developer is up to
Interviews & Opinion
Aug 1st, 2018
The Steampocalypse: How the massive number of games on Steam has made the platform a hostile environment for devs
News
Jul 31st, 2018
Valve's lack of a quality threshold is damaging to developers and games, says Auroch's Rawlings
"I love Valve and what it does and I would urge them to take control of that situation."
News
Jul 30th, 2018
Ten reasons to come to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 in September
There's literally no excuse for not being at this year's show
News
Jul 30th, 2018
EA "interested" in experimenting with standalone free-to-play battle royale game
News
Jul 27th, 2018
One year on - 10 ways Fortnite has impacted the games market
How a survival-and-crafting-slash-battle-royale-after-the-fact title has affected the industry
Top Stories
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