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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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According to the latest rumours, Resident Evil 8 will be a first-person title like its predecessor Resident Evil 7. The game will feature several new enemy types and Ethan will return as the main protagonist.
JANUARY 29
Warcraft 3 Reforged is finally live but it is off to a pretty poor start. Players are reporting downgraded cinematics, no UI improvements and connectivity issues among other things.
JANUARY 29
Capcom have officially announced a brand new Monster Hunter game. Named Riders, it is coming to mobile phones, both Android and iOS this winter in Japan as a free-to-play title.
JANUARY 28
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is set to add a new game mode this week. Named Deathmatch Domination, the mode is a mashup of two already existing game modes.
JANUARY 28
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Dying Light, the developer Techland have made the game's battle royale mode Bad Blood free to every owner of Dying Light on all platforms.
JANUARY 28
Bend Studio have released a massive patch for their zombie horror game Days Gone. The patch clocks at around 30 GB but when installed, it reduces the game file size by 20 GB.
JANUARY 28
AMD have released TressFX 4.1, a new version of their hair/fur simulation rendering technology. The new version adds Unreal engine integration and optimises physics simulation shaders for better performance in real-time.
JANUARY 28
One Cyberpunk 2077 fan decided to take every map leak and put them together in an impressive Night City map mockup, which gives us a clearer picture at the full size of the world.
JANUARY 27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has had renewed interest following the release of the new The Witcher TV series on Netflix. The iconic RPG was No.38 on the UK charts two weeks ago but now sits at No.12.
JANUARY 27
A full list of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 02 challenges has been datamined from the game files after the latest, 50 GB content update. There is a total of 24 challenges, split into four quests.
JANUARY 27
After 15 years of development, Half-Life fan-made remake Black Mesa is entering its final phase. The team behind the project shared some gorgeous new screenshots along with release date info.
JANUARY 27
Modern Warfare's battle royale mode has been subject of many leaks and rumours in the past but Activision are yet to officially talk about it. However, the latest leak suggests that this could change in the near future.
JANUARY 27
