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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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Fortnite draws in over 350 million players
As of April, people have spent 3.2 billion hours in the battle royale game
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
Games Done Quick raises $400k for coronavirus relief
Replaced summer 2020 show, all proceeds being donated to Direct Relief
Keywords revenue was up 30% in 2019
Firm saw a higher adjusted EBITDA, but dividend payment dips
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