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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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Konami say that the decision to remove Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 from PS Plus free games for July 2019 was made entirely by Sony. PES 2019 was originally introduced as a free download but Detroit: Become Human quickly took its spot.
JULY 5
A Twitter user who goes by the name of JakoMako51 noticed a line in Social Club source code that mentions Red Dead Redemption 2 PC achievements. It's unknown if this refers to the PC version of the game or something else entirely.
JULY 5
To celebrate the release of the third season of Netflix's TV series Stranger Things, Epic Games have introduced a new event in Fortnite, with a couple of special items - Chief Hopper and Demogorgon outfits as well as special Vines Wrap.
JULY 5
Shenmue III developer Ys Net have finally shared the official minimum and recommended system requirements for their upcoming game. The recommended specs are surprisingly demanding and the game will require a staggering 100 GB of space.
JULY 4
Ubisoft have officially confirmed that the final story DLC for their action-adventure Assassin's Creed Odyssey is arriving on 16 July 2019. Named Judgment of Atlantis, the story will take players to a brand new location - Poseidon's realm.
JULY 4
After 16 years, Call of Duty is set to introduce a big change to weapon reloading it's been confirmed by Infinity Ward. Players will now be able to reload their weapons while aiming down the sights, a feature that wasn't available earlier.
JULY 4
IO Interactive have shared full July roadmap for their stealth shooter Hitman 2. In July, assassins will take care of musicians and bands and get new Challenge Packs, Featured and Escalation Contracts, a Legacy Elusive Target and more.
JULY 4
Mike Pondsmith, the creator of Cyberpunk RPG has said that Cyberpunk 2077 film is now much more of a possibility thanks to Keanu Reeves. Pondsmith did not go into detail, but with Keanu tied up in things, a film isn't an unrealistic option.
JULY 4
Sony are preparing a bid to buy Finnish studio Remedy who would join the publisher's impressive roster which includes Naughty Dog, Guerrilla and more. This could mean that potential Alan Wake or Control sequels could become PS exclusives.
JULY 3
Forza Horizon 4 and BBC's beloved car show Top Gear have partnered up to bring a special crossover event to Playground Games' racer. Players will be able to dress up as The Stig and presenter Chris Harris will lend his voice for the story.
JULY 3
Bandai Namco's Souls-like RPG Code Vein has appeared on Steam along with the official system requirements. The game will only require 8GB of RAM and four-core CPU with mid-tier GPU so most of the players should be able to run it properly.
JULY 3
Gabe Newell has said that exclusives are not a good idea for customers or developers. He also mentioned that Steam is happy to provide funds for developers, to help them with their projects so they are less likely to take exclusive deals.
JULY 3
