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: 2023 at a glance, Unity, Roblox and Playtika numbers, EA cuts, casual game trends and more

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

Ludo King also hits 1bn downloads in this week’s insights round-up.

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New games now: Eggy Party goes global, Honor of Kings expands plus Rainbow 6 Smol, Age of Empires, BTS and more

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

Also this week: Ubisoft’s Invincible game, a kids version of Farming Simulator, more new Netflix games and some indie deep cuts.

New games now: Eggy Party goes global, Honor of Kings expands plus Rainbow 6 Smol, Age of Empires, BTS and more Read More »

Data digest: Monopoly Go’s $800m Q4, Niantic’s pet sim struggle, AppLovin’s blowout earnings, TikTok’s ‘modern gamer’ report, more

By Alex Forbes-Calvin

Also this week: Alien Invasion boosts Embracer’s mobile business, Nitro Games gets record revenue and Epic Story Interactive hits 100m installs.

Data digest: Monopoly Go’s $800m Q4, Niantic’s pet sim struggle, AppLovin’s blowout earnings, TikTok’s ‘modern gamer’ report, more Read More »