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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Success Story Dec 21st, 2017

Raw Fury: "2018 is going to be the Year of Fury"

Before the Christmas break, we caught up with CEO Jonas Antonsson to find out a bit about the thinking behind the publisher's recent funding round and to pick his brains about the indie publishing market

News Dec 21st, 2017

PC games made $32.2bn globally in 2017

Rise of 1.4 per cent year-on-year

News Dec 20th, 2017

Troubled peripherals firm Mad Catz might be back

It appears that someone might have bought the company's name and assets

Profile Dec 20th, 2017

PCGamesInsider.biz Games of 2017 – Sonic Mania: The One that Showed Sometimes Listening to The Fans Pays Off

Why triple-A companies shouldn't view ROM hackers and fan projects as a threat when they could be augmenting their projects

News Dec 20th, 2017

Itch.io rolls out first site-wide sale

Indie-focused platform believes there's another way to do massive sales events

News Dec 20th, 2017

PC Connects London 2018: Meet the Speakers - Susan Cummings, Tiny Rebel Games

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers who are going to be sharing their insight at the show.

Interviews & Opinion Dec 20th, 2017

Why Grand Theft Auto giant Take-Two is getting into indie publishing with Private Division

Earlier this month, Take-Two finally revealed its venture into indie publishing. After purchasing Kerbal Space Program developers in May 2017, the games giant revealed its new label, Private Division.

News Dec 20th, 2017

Riot Games is releasing a League of Legends spin-off project

Starring League of Legends champion Teemo

Profile Dec 19th, 2017

PCGamesInsider.biz Games of 2017 - Overwatch: The One that Highlighted the Pressures Devs feel from the Community

The developers behind some of the world's largest and most successful games are now outright saying that dealing with the community can be draining. It's time that we, the industry, listened.

News Dec 19th, 2017

It looks like Steam Community has been blocked in China

Is this just the first salvo in a bid to get rid of Valve's storefront?

News Dec 19th, 2017

PC Connects London 2018: Meet the Speakers - Cash DeCuir, Failbetter Games

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers who are going to be sharing their insight at the show.

News Dec 19th, 2017

Obsidian says no to microtransactions after signing with Take-Two indie label Private Division

"No microtransactions of any kind in our game"

News Dec 19th, 2017

Call of Duty maker Infinity Ward opens up shop in Poland

New studio based in Krakow will be focusing on research and development

Job News Dec 19th, 2017

Multiplay founder Craig Fletcher to leave GAME

But it looks like he'll continue to consult on the events and esports side of things moving forward

Profile Dec 18th, 2017

PCGamesInsider.biz Games of 2017: Hellblade: The One that Proved Mid Tier Development Can Be Successful (Sometimes)

Indie-A, triple-I... whatever you want to call these mid-tier projects, they can work

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Immersive Tech Week 2026	Europe	Jun 23rd
Global Games Show 2026	Middle East	Jun 29th
Global AI Show Riyadh	Middle East	Jun 29th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2026	Asia	Jul 29th
gamescom Dev 2026	Europe	Aug 23rd
Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026	Europe	Aug 25th
LA Games Conference 2026	North America	Sep 30th
Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026	Nordic	Oct 20th

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