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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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Feature
Apr 5th, 2018
'No-one thought we'd end up sponsoring an esports tournament' - Omen by HP's journey from tech outsider to Overwatch League sponsor
Product John Ludwig shares what HP's Omen games brand had learnt in the last three-and-a-half years
News
Apr 5th, 2018
Ubisoft further details how it is dealing with Rainbow Six: Siege toxicity
French games giant shares how it is trying to stop bad behaviour in its online shooter
Interviews & Opinion
Apr 4th, 2018
Fortnite, Paragon and PUBG: The ups and downs of Epic Games' last 12 months
CEO and founder Tim Sweeney talks Fortnite, Paragon and raytracing
News
Apr 4th, 2018
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Profile
Apr 3rd, 2018
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
News
Apr 3rd, 2018
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
Feature
Apr 5th, 2018
'No-one thought we'd end up sponsoring an esports tournament' - Omen by HP's journey from tech outsider to Overwatch League sponsor
Product John Ludwig shares what HP's Omen games brand had learnt in the last three-and-a-half years
News
Apr 5th, 2018
Ubisoft further details how it is dealing with Rainbow Six: Siege toxicity
French games giant shares how it is trying to stop bad behaviour in its online shooter
Interviews & Opinion
Apr 4th, 2018
Fortnite, Paragon and PUBG: The ups and downs of Epic Games' last 12 months
CEO and founder Tim Sweeney talks Fortnite, Paragon and raytracing
News
Apr 4th, 2018
Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity
Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run
Profile
Apr 3rd, 2018
Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC
Big ad spends haven't worked for the French start-up, but community and influencer campaigns have
News
Apr 3rd, 2018
Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week
Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform
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