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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 19th, 2019
Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs
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News
Jul 18th, 2019
Why Dragonest partnered up with Tencent to publish Drodo Auto Chess in China
"A good product needs to be known by as many people as possible"
Job News
Jul 16th, 2019
PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing
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News
Jul 12th, 2019
China's Shanghai Fukong hasn't sold Jagex just yet
Reported sale was just one option that was being explored by the Chinese entertainment giant
News
Jul 10th, 2019
More than 4,000 developers have applied to be part of Google's Stadia Partners programme
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News
Jul 9th, 2019
Update: South Korea's Nexon no longer up for sale following lack of buyers
CEO Jungju Kim apparently wasn't impressed by the list of companies who stepped forward
News
Jul 4th, 2019
UKIE says UK government needs to support industry as France launches campaign to attract companies
Job News
Jul 4th, 2019
Jagex recruits new VP of studio, technical director and QA boss
Mark Faulkner returns to head up firm's publishing platform and Ben Alton is promoted to IT director
News
Jul 3rd, 2019
Nutaku fronts $5m investment pot for LGBTQ+ games
Adult games firm says it'll be supporting titles from queer creators for three years with this fund
Job News
Jul 3rd, 2019
Sumo Group plans to increase headcount by 15% over next 12 months
Sheffield-based firm will employ around 750 people by July 2020
News
Jul 2nd, 2019
Paradox CEO says 70/30 revenue share status quo is "outrageous"
Firm's executive chairman says that this business model is based in the 1970s VHS market
News
Jul 1st, 2019
InfluencerUpdate.biz editor Danielle Partis takes Journalist of the Year accolade at Women in Games Awards
"It's incredible to be recognised among such a group of talented journalists"
Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs
Why Dragonest partnered up with Tencent to publish Drodo Auto Chess in China
"A good product needs to be known by as many people as possible"
PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing
China's Shanghai Fukong hasn't sold Jagex just yet
Reported sale was just one option that was being explored by the Chinese entertainment giant
More than 4,000 developers have applied to be part of Google's Stadia Partners programme
Update: South Korea's Nexon no longer up for sale following lack of buyers
CEO Jungju Kim apparently wasn't impressed by the list of companies who stepped forward
UKIE says UK government needs to support industry as France launches campaign to attract companies
Jagex recruits new VP of studio, technical director and QA boss
Mark Faulkner returns to head up firm's publishing platform and Ben Alton is promoted to IT director
Nutaku fronts $5m investment pot for LGBTQ+ games
Adult games firm says it'll be supporting titles from queer creators for three years with this fund
Sumo Group plans to increase headcount by 15% over next 12 months
Sheffield-based firm will employ around 750 people by July 2020
Paradox CEO says 70/30 revenue share status quo is "outrageous"
Firm's executive chairman says that this business model is based in the 1970s VHS market
InfluencerUpdate.biz editor Danielle Partis takes Journalist of the Year accolade at Women in Games Awards
"It's incredible to be recognised among such a group of talented journalists"
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Jun 11th, 2024
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Feature
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Mobile Mavens: Are today's everlasting, live ops games holding back new innovation?
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The key takeaway from Apple's AI-laden WWDC keynote? It's time to buy a new iPhone
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