Alex Forbes-Calvin

Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist, writer and author. He started off at weekly games trade paper MCV and launched PCGamesInsider.biz for Steel Media. Since going freelance, he has worked for the likes of GamesIndustry.biz, VGC and Ars Technica. That's on top of authoring books on RuneScape, Assassin's Creed and Dead Island 2 for Dark Horse Publishing.

Data digest: mobile beats PC and console (again), 2025’s biggest games and publishers, NCsoft’s big buy, more

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

Mobile was 55% of the games market in 2025, says Newzoo, more than PC and console combined. More numbers inside.

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How to make an iconic icon

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

Experts from around the industry weigh in on what makes a good app icon and what best practices you should employ.

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New game digest: Pokémon, Warframe, Dragon Ball, Riftbusters, BlazBlue, more

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

This week’s new game news at-a-glance, including new games from Supercent, Funplus, Tripledot and what appears to be a Gameloft subscription service.

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