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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
Jul 22nd, 2020
Former Ubisoft HR employee claims management distrusted harassment victims
Marketing team and execs apparently said that female protagonists don't sell games
News
Jul 21st, 2020
Update: ISS encourages EA investors to vote against pay plan
CEO Andrew Wilson earning 56 per cent more than other chief execs
News
Jul 20th, 2020
Metacritic places 36 hour waiting period on user reviews
"To ensure our gamers have time to play these games before writing their reviews"
Job News
Jul 16th, 2020
Bad Robot Games appoints Anna Sweet as CEO
Her remit is to grow this division at the entertainment firm
Job News
Jul 15th, 2020
Ubisoft appoints Christophe Derennes as Montreal studio head
Follows Canadian development boss Yannis Mallat leaving the company
News
Jul 8th, 2020
11 Bit Studios investing $21 million in seven new games
Firm is putting $15.1 million behind its first-party line-up
Former Ubisoft HR employee claims management distrusted harassment victims
Marketing team and execs apparently said that female protagonists don't sell games
Update: ISS encourages EA investors to vote against pay plan
CEO Andrew Wilson earning 56 per cent more than other chief execs
Metacritic places 36 hour waiting period on user reviews
"To ensure our gamers have time to play these games before writing their reviews"
Bad Robot Games appoints Anna Sweet as CEO
Her remit is to grow this division at the entertainment firm
Ubisoft appoints Christophe Derennes as Montreal studio head
Follows Canadian development boss Yannis Mallat leaving the company
11 Bit Studios investing $21 million in seven new games
Firm is putting $15.1 million behind its first-party line-up
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