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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 25th, 2025
Intel confirms layoffs, reports point to 20% cut
The redundancies are seemingly aimed at reducing bureaucracy
News
Apr 24th, 2025
IO and Square Enix vet Flösser unveils new studio Wombo Games
“We wanted to keep [the studio] small and nimble and see how far we could push it'
News
Apr 24th, 2025
Discord replaces CEO Citron with Activision vet Sakhnini
“Building Discord over the last decade has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life"
News
Apr 23rd, 2025
Media consultancy Infinitize launches Vendetta to support indies
It is described as "publishing-as-a-service" but appears to be marketing for the most part
News
Apr 22nd, 2025
CHARTS: RuneScape Dragonwilds debuts at No.2 on Steam
The title has hit a peak of over 52,600 concurrent players so far
News
Apr 22nd, 2025
Dwarf Fortress has sold over one million copies on Steam
"This number represents countless dwarves, trials and tribulations from your generated worlds"
News
Apr 25th, 2025
Intel confirms layoffs, reports point to 20% cut
The redundancies are seemingly aimed at reducing bureaucracy
News
Apr 24th, 2025
IO and Square Enix vet Flösser unveils new studio Wombo Games
“We wanted to keep [the studio] small and nimble and see how far we could push it'
News
Apr 24th, 2025
Discord replaces CEO Citron with Activision vet Sakhnini
“Building Discord over the last decade has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life"
News
Apr 23rd, 2025
Media consultancy Infinitize launches Vendetta to support indies
It is described as "publishing-as-a-service" but appears to be marketing for the most part
News
Apr 22nd, 2025
CHARTS: RuneScape Dragonwilds debuts at No.2 on Steam
The title has hit a peak of over 52,600 concurrent players so far
News
Apr 22nd, 2025
Dwarf Fortress has sold over one million copies on Steam
"This number represents countless dwarves, trials and tribulations from your generated worlds"
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| New Zealand Games Festival 2025 | Australasia | Apr 25th |
| AWS Summit London 2025 | Europe | Apr 30th |
| gamescom LATAM 2025 | South America | Apr 30th |
| TIGA - Start-Up, Scale-Up & Grow Conference | Apr 30th | |
| LudoNarraCon 2025 | May 1st | |
| Dubai GameExpo Summit 2025 | Middle East | May 7th |
| The MENA Games Industry Awards 2025 | Middle East | May 8th |
| The Investment Summit | Middle East | May 8th |
