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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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Mar 8th, 2021
Games with loot boxes might be given automatic 18 rating in Germany
This is the result of changes to the country's youth protection laws
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Mar 1st, 2021
Report: Stadia didn't achieve Google's subscriber expectations
The search giant reportedly paid out tens of millions for titles like Red Dead Redemption 2
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Feb 22nd, 2021
CD Projekt issuing DMCA strikes to stop Gwent source code social media posts
Follows this being stolen in a cyberattack earlier in February
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Feb 15th, 2021
Unity claims its "real competition" is companies still making own engines, not Epic
But CFO Jabal points out the firm's dominance over the Fortnite maker in many areas
Games with loot boxes might be given automatic 18 rating in Germany
This is the result of changes to the country's youth protection laws
Report: Stadia didn't achieve Google's subscriber expectations
The search giant reportedly paid out tens of millions for titles like Red Dead Redemption 2
CD Projekt issuing DMCA strikes to stop Gwent source code social media posts
Follows this being stolen in a cyberattack earlier in February
Unity claims its "real competition" is companies still making own engines, not Epic
But CFO Jabal points out the firm's dominance over the Fortnite maker in many areas
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