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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.
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News
Apr 18th, 2019
Newzoo: Tencent responsible for 15% of 2018's global games revenue
Chinese tech and entertainment giant saw close-to $20bn coming in last year
News
Apr 12th, 2019
Microsoft: Google has technology and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed
Xbox marketing boss Nichols is first Big M exec to weigh in on the platform
News
Apr 11th, 2019
13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development returns to Daybreak
Unclear if NantG-developed mobile editions are still in the works
News
Apr 10th, 2019
Zynga, Outfit7, Remote Control Productions and Reigns: Her Majesty narrative designer to speak at Reboot Develop Blue
Show kicks off Thursday, April 11th and runs through to Saturday, April 13th
Job News
Apr 9th, 2019
Jagex looks to expand studio headcount by more than 25 per cent come the end of 2019
News
Apr 8th, 2019
UK games industry gender pay gap widens
Median hourly wage for women drops 4.78 per cent, mean figure down four per cent
News
Apr 5th, 2019
SuperData launching digital game forecasting tool
The Forecaster can predict metrics such as MAUs, revenue and in-game spending
Job News
Apr 1st, 2019
More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months
Newzoo: Tencent responsible for 15% of 2018's global games revenue
Chinese tech and entertainment giant saw close-to $20bn coming in last year
Microsoft: Google has technology and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed
Xbox marketing boss Nichols is first Big M exec to weigh in on the platform
13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development returns to Daybreak
Unclear if NantG-developed mobile editions are still in the works
Zynga, Outfit7, Remote Control Productions and Reigns: Her Majesty narrative designer to speak at Reboot Develop Blue
Show kicks off Thursday, April 11th and runs through to Saturday, April 13th
Jagex looks to expand studio headcount by more than 25 per cent come the end of 2019
UK games industry gender pay gap widens
Median hourly wage for women drops 4.78 per cent, mean figure down four per cent
SuperData launching digital game forecasting tool
The Forecaster can predict metrics such as MAUs, revenue and in-game spending
More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months
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