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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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Fall Guys tops Twitch during weekend beta
The title outplayed the platform's top games during its 2-day beta period
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Riot's shooter Valorant breaks Twitch viewership record
The title has attracted 1.7m viewers on the streaming platform at once,
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InfluencerUpdate.biz editor Danielle Partis takes Journalist of the Year gong at Women in Games Awards
The event took place at Facebook's London headquarters last week
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It appears that Sea of Thieves has had a surge in popularity, particularly on streaming platforms
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YouTuber claims to have Dead Cells video review copied by IGN
Deadite from Boomstick Gaming published his review before IGN
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Blockchain item trading "five-to-ten times" more profitable than advertising for streamers, says WAX
President Malcolm CasSelle reckons decentralised trading could be lucrative for influencers
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It's now easier for users to stream games on Facebook
Social giant makes wealth of changes to its games API to make life easier for developers

Fall Guys tops Twitch during weekend beta
The title outplayed the platform's top games during its 2-day beta period

Riot's shooter Valorant breaks Twitch viewership record
The title has attracted 1.7m viewers on the streaming platform at once,

InfluencerUpdate.biz editor Danielle Partis takes Journalist of the Year gong at Women in Games Awards
The event took place at Facebook's London headquarters last week

It appears that Sea of Thieves has had a surge in popularity, particularly on streaming platforms

YouTuber claims to have Dead Cells video review copied by IGN
Deadite from Boomstick Gaming published his review before IGN

Blockchain item trading "five-to-ten times" more profitable than advertising for streamers, says WAX
President Malcolm CasSelle reckons decentralised trading could be lucrative for influencers

It's now easier for users to stream games on Facebook
Social giant makes wealth of changes to its games API to make life easier for developers
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