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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.
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Blizzard's endorsement feature that was introduced last summer has cut disruptive behaviour and toxicity in Overwatch by 40 per cent the publisher claim. Blizzard say that the idea was to reward good behaviour rather than punishing bad.
MARCH 23
NetherRealm have officially revealed two new characters that will appear in Mortal Kombat 11. Noob Saibot returns as the latest fighter to join the standard character roster while the villain Shang Tsung will appear as first DLC character.
MARCH 22
According to the official PlayStation website, Apex Legends will get two new characters in Season One with a full set of cosmetics to unlock. On top of that, during the first season, Respawn will introduce new weapon and unique items.
MARCH 22
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has finally arrived today - 22 March 2019 and it's safe to say that the majority of gaming critics and players are enjoying FromSoftware's new game. Scores on Metacritic are overwhelmingly positive at the moment.
MARCH 22
Borderlands Game of the Year edition has been rated on ESRB website and it's listed to release on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game is rated M for Mature 17+ and the description warns of blood and gore and intense violence.
MARCH 22
Firaxis Games' turn-based tactics XCOM 2 is free to download and play on Steam for a limited time. The promo will run until Monday, 25 March 2019 and the game is also available at a huge discount along with the majority of its DLCs.
MARCH 22
Remedy's upcoming supernatural action-adventure Control is now officially scheduled to release on 27 August 2019 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The developer confirmed the date after an earlier leak suggested Summer 2019 launch.
MARCH 22
Ubisoft have shared the official minimum and recommended PC specs for the upcoming Assassin's Creed III Remastered. Most of the required hardware look pretty reasonable and the majority of players should be able to play the game in 1080p.
MARCH 21
NetherRealm revealed the fighter roster for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 11 closed beta. Players will get to choose from five characters including Scorpion, Skarlet, Baraka, Jade and Kabal. The closed beta will run from 28 to 31 March 2019.
MARCH 21
Treyarch and Activision announced the next Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Zombies DLC named Ancient Evil in the latest reveal trailer. The new content is scheduled to release on PlayStation 4 on 26 March 2019 and PC and Xbox One at later date.
MARCH 21
According to Superdata's February 2019 global revenue report, Apex Legends has the best launch month of all free to play games in history. Respawn's battle royale generated an estimated $92 million from in-game spending across all platforms
MARCH 21
Sea of Thieves' long-awaited Anniversary Update is scheduled to finally drop on 30 April 2019. The update will introduce a couple of new features such as fishing and cooking, competitive mode named The Arena and a brand new storyline.
MARCH 21
