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 Sep 4th, 2017

If gamers go ‘too far’ next PC Final Fantasy might not feature mods

How modders treat this Final Fantasy game will affect mods in future releases

News Sep 4th, 2017

CD Projekt RED celebrates The Witcher franchise’s 10th birthday

"Time is fleeting, but memories are forever," developer says in touching video

News Sep 4th, 2017

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen debuts in second place in Steam Top Ten

Absolver debuts in fourth place, Witcher 3 returns on the back of franchise tenth anniversary

News Sep 1st, 2017

Family of late Shadow of Mordor producer to receive revenue from DLC

In-game character Forthog Orc-Slayer created in Mike Forgey's memory after exec producer passed away last year

News Sep 1st, 2017

Last chapter of Kentucky Route Zero confirmed for 2018 release

Act V confirmed for launch before March of next year

News Sep 1st, 2017

Fortnite on track to be Epic’s most successful game

Boss Tim Sweeney says title's userbase is much higher than anticipated

Interviews & Opinion Aug 31st, 2017

'Battlestar Galactica Deadlock will open a brand new audience up for us,' says Slitherine

The firm's marketing director Marco A. Minoli tells us how developer Black Lab Games came to work on the sci fi IP

News Aug 31st, 2017

Shovel Knight is latest title to introduce card game elements

Card gameplay briefly shown off in trailer

News Aug 31st, 2017

There’s a Super Meat Boy sequel on the way

Announced during a Nintendo Switch livestream, set to launch next year

News Aug 31st, 2017

Team17 updates Escapists 2 in response to complaints about influencers

Characters named after YouTubers and streamers were appearing too much for some gamers

News Aug 31st, 2017

Absolver is Devolver's biggest launch yet, concurrent player figure estimated to be 30k across PC and PS4

But servers buckling under the pressure

News Aug 31st, 2017

GTA Online introduces Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds-esque battle royale mode

Smuggler's Run update adds a mode that bears more than a passing resemblance to the PC giant

News Aug 30th, 2017

Valve bolsters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive China offering

Servers and region-specific stickers launching for the Chinese market

News Aug 30th, 2017

Greene plans slow and steady approach to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds eSports

Developer says pro-gaming isn't going to be a focus until the battle royal title is actaully finished.

News Aug 30th, 2017

Valve fixes Ark: Survival Evolved refund glitch

Users could refund title no matter how long they had owned or played it for

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