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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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Nintendo could launch a brand new Nintendo Switch in just a few months according to the latest rumours in Japan's newspaper Nikkei. Apparently, the company plan to launch a cheaper version before they release a more powerful variant.
APRIL 18
Battlefield V's latest game mode is named Grind and it turns the regular maps into narrow and long corridors, emphasizing the infantry-only combat. Grind will be available for a limited time only and it supports four maps at the moment.
APRIL 18
Destiny 2's Spring celebration event is now up and running on all platforms and it brings a lot of new content including Verdant Forest, a spring-themed version of the Infinite Forest, a new exotic weapon named Arbalest and other rewards.
APRIL 17
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment are readying another patch for The Division 2 and this time, the devs have introduced some changes to NPCs and Elite NPCs, named bosses and also addressed a few issues regarding Snitch heroic bounties.
APRIL 17
Microsoft have announced a new subscription service named Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. As the name suggests, the new service will combine Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold services in one ultimate bundle. It launches later this year for $14.99.
APRIL 17
Ubisoft have officially announced that they will support the reconstruction and restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris with a donation of $565,000. They are also giving Assassin's Creed Unity for free as part of their support.
APRIL 17
Netflix's Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos has confirmed that The Witcher TV series will come to Netflix sometime in Q4 2019. Sarandos, who also works as creative consultant on the series, confirmed the info on the latest investor call.
APRIL 17
Square Enix officially announced the first expansion for Just Cause 4 named Dare Devils of Destruction. The expansion is scheduled to arrive on 30 April 2019 and it will bring new missions, weaponised vehicles and three new challenge modes.
APRIL 17
Total War: Warhammer II is getting a fresh batch of free content in Doomsayer update that is scheduled to drop tomorrow - 17 April 2019, along with the new The Lizardmen and The Warlock DLC. The update will add new maps, abilities and more.
APRIL 16
According to Respawn, the changes made to Gibraltar's and Caustic's hitboxes didn't work as intended and to get these characters in line with their smaller competitors, a new damage reduction perk has been introduced to their passive.
APRIL 16
Japanese publisher and developer Capcom have announced a brand new plug and play machine named Capcom Home Arcade. The mini-console comes with sixteen classic games including two Street Fighter titles and it will launch on 25 October 2019.
APRIL 16
This week's update for Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is set to introduce two major additions - Arsenal Sandstrom map and Deathmatch Domination game mode along with weapon balancing and other tweaks. The update is coming on 16 April 2019.
APRIL 16
