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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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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has announced layoffs affecting more than 1,000 employees, citing a downturn in Fortnite engagement that has left the company spending significantly more than it earns.
MARCH 24
Pearl Abyss have confirmed that Crimson Desert has sold 3 million copies worldwide, a strong result for a game that launched to a more divided critical reception than expected.
MARCH 24
Crimson Desert is one of the most visually stunning open-world games in years. After ten hours, it is also one of the most frustrating. The magic everyone keeps promising is somewhere out there. I just cannot find it yet.
MARCH 23
When Echoes of the End launched in August 2025, it landed with just 59% positive reviews on Steam and a 66 Metascore. But rather than move on, the small Icelandic studio spent months overhauling combat, reworking pacing, and listening to every piece of feedback. We spoke with Myrkur Games about fighting for their debut title and the brutal honesty of launch reception.
MARCH 23
Korean developer Pearl Abyss have issued an official statement acknowledging that the recently discovered AI-generated assets were unintentionally included in the final build of Crimson Desert.
MARCH 22
Crimson Desert is now live. Pearl Abyss's open-world action RPG is available globally on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, marking the end of a development cycle that stretched over seven years.
MARCH 19
Crimson Desert is well optimised on PC, but a few tweaks can get you significantly better performance without sacrificing much visually. Here is what tech experts Hardware Unboxed recommend.
MARCH 19
ROUND8 Studio and NEOWIZ have announced that Lies of P has crossed 4 million cumulative units sold globally, with both the base game and its Overture expansion continuing to find new players.
MARCH 19
Pearl Abyss shares fell sharply in early trading on March 19 after Crimson Desert review scores came in below what the market had anticipated.
MARCH 19
Crimson Desert reviews are now live and at the time of writing, the game sits at 78 on Metacritic from 82 critic reviews, which is lower than most people anticipated.
MARCH 18
Archetype have released the first gameplay footage for Exodus, their sci-fi RPG that has drawn obvious comparisons to Mass Effect since its announcement. It's brief, but it does the job.
MARCH 18
Housemarque have released a new PS5 features trailer for Saros, and it does a better job of selling the game than anything shown before it.
MARCH 18
