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Semir edits and writes at AltChar where he covers the latest news from the video games industry. He also likes to drop an opinion piece about the hot topics here and there. Semir is a PC gamer at heart but loves a short couch session on his console every once in a while.
Semir mainly covers exciting news and rumours from the video games industry, and often writes about Xbox and PlayStation Studios. He also loves writing reviews for the games.
Semir was a gamer from his early childhood. While games like the original Doom and Wolfenstein 3D were his early childhood occupations, he leans more towards addictive strategies, smaller narrative-driven adventures like Pentiment and exploration-focused RPGs these days.
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Speculative Agency, the small indie studio behind upcoming narrative deck-builder All Will Rise, has returned funding received from Microsoft as part of the No Games for Genocide boycott. It is a remarkable decision from a studio that can ill afford to make it.
MARCH 13
Digital Sun, the critically acclaimed indie studio behind Moonlighter and Cataclismo, have announced ReVamp, a gothic castle-defense roguelite where you play as Dracula himself. It looks absolutely stunning, and the concept is as clever as it is delightfully over-the-top.
MARCH 13
Blight: Survival has hit 1.5 million wishlists, and to mark the milestone, developer Haenir Studio and publisher Behaviour Interactive have dropped a new combat teaser alongside a candid dev update from creative director Ulrik. It looks brutal in the best possible way.
MARCH 12
Liquid Swords have dropped a new Samson: A Tyndalston Story gameplay trailer ahead of the game's 8 April launch, and if this is what brawling and vehicular combat look like in the finished product, we may have a proper gem on our hands.
MARCH 12
Less than a week from launch, Pearl Abyss have quietly added Denuvo anti-tamper DRM to their highly anticipated action adventure Crimson Desert, and the timing has left a large portion of the PC community feeling misled.
MARCH 12
After a year in Early Access, Spiders' prequel to GreedFall finally launches with overhauled combat, companions who can abandon you, and Dragon Age Origins as a north star. We spoke with Creative Director Jehanne Rousseau about the shift to tactical combat, making companions feel authentically human, and what changed during that crucial feedback period.
MARCH 12![[Deals] PlayStation Mega March Sale is live and here are the ten games worth your money](https://media.altchar.com/prod/images/gm_article_embed_image/81c49080c79c-playstation-store-mega-march-sale.webp)
The PlayStation Mega March Sale is now live on the PS Store, and there are some serious discounts buried in there if you know where to look. Here are the ten picks worth your money.
MARCH 12
Everwind, a first-person sandbox RPG built around flying island ships, co-op exploration, and fully destructible environments, launches into Early Access on 17 March. It's giving off very strong "sleeper hit" energy.
MARCH 12
Reliable hardware insider KeplerL2 has stated that both Microsoft's Project Helix and Sony's PlayStation 6 are still on track for a Holiday 2027 release, pushing back against concerns that supply chain issues could delay the next console generation.
MARCH 11
Liquid Swords have published a new Samson dev diary breaking down how Chapters, Jobs, and open-world events fit together, and it sounds like every single day in Tyndalston is going to demand some serious decision-making.
MARCH 11
Between a credible insider report and a tease from Xbox's own VP of Next Generation at GDC today, it's looking increasingly likely that your OG Xbox and Xbox 360 digital libraries are heading to PC, potentially with some significant visual upgrades to boot.
MARCH 11
Microsoft have pulled back the curtain on Project Helix at GDC 2026, revealing the technical foundations of their next-generation console and making clear this is a very different machine from the Xbox Series generation.
MARCH 11
