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 Feb 5th, 2018

332k people played Sea of Thieves' closed beta

Was the top game on both Twitch and Mixer

News Feb 5th, 2018

It's looking like Assassin's Creed: Origins has been cracked

Despite the game using Denuvo 4.9, VMProtect AND Uplay protection

News Feb 5th, 2018

Dragon Ball FighterZ brawls its way to Steam second place

Big week for Square Enix with the Japanese publishing having three games in the Top Ten - and they're not all JRPGs, either

News Feb 2nd, 2018

Inside Track - Everything you need to know about Andy Brammall's new venture, Enterprise Games

Each week, the Inside Track showcases the best service and support companies operating in the games industry

News Feb 2nd, 2018

PUBG Corp outlines anti-cheating strategy, establishes a team dedicated to the matter

"We would like to sincerely thank all players who have always played fair, respected other players, and enjoyed PUBG as part of a healthy community"

News Feb 2nd, 2018

Valve is going to be updating DOTA 2 more often

"We want to try taking a different approach to how gameplay patches are released," says developer IceFrog

News Feb 2nd, 2018

So, aliens are coming to Rainbow Six: Siege

Online shooter's third year kicks off with lots of monsters, apparently

News Feb 2nd, 2018

Valve suspends Counter-Strike co-creator after he's arrested for child sex crimes

"Reports suggest he has been arrested for a felony offense. As such we have suspended his employment until we know more.”

News Feb 1st, 2018

Games communication app Discord adds Spotify integration, now boasts 90m users

Platform now boasts 90m users

Job News Feb 1st, 2018

New Year New Job - What's it like being a lead programmer for Rebellion? Richard May tells us more

"I’ve learned huge amounts over the years but the main skill I’ve had to learn as a lead is people and time management"

Success Story Feb 1st, 2018

"Our marketing was making the game shit out gifs that everyone would put on Twitter": Zach Barth takes us behind the scenes on Opus Magnum

Why the Seattle-based developer decided to focus on moving images to promote its latest puzzle game

News Feb 1st, 2018

Opus Magnum finally launches onto GOG.com

Follows the puzzle title being rejected upon its December launch

Feature Feb 1st, 2018

The argument for blockchain tech in digital retail - Brian Fargo talks Robot Cache

The industry veteran talks blockchain, retail and tax havens

News Feb 1st, 2018

Activision expands Call of Duty Endowment programme to UK with $60k in donations

RFEA and Walking With The Wounded to receive $30,000 each

News Feb 1st, 2018

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds China user base flatlines at just below 10m

Users could be waiting for the Tencent-published official release for the region

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