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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.
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Treyarch introduced some major additions in the latest Black Ops 4 update. Starting 26 March 2019, you'll get to play classic Call of Duty experience in the new Barebones modes. The update also brings an overhaul to friendly fire.
MARCH 26
Another upcoming Apex Legends' character has been leaked ahead of its release. This time, it's Wattson, a character that was already mentioned in some previous leaks and datamined files. The leak also reveals Wattson's ability - Tesla Coil.
MARCH 25
Death Stranding has entered a key phase in its development according to Hideo Kojima, game's director and writer. Apparently, Kojima plays Death Stranding on PlayStation 4 all the time to adjust and connect different gameplay elements.
MARCH 25
Battlefield V's battle royale mode dubbed Firestorm is now live on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. To celebrate the launch, EA have shared a complete overview of vehicles, objectives and features that are included in the new mode.
MARCH 25
According to Steam charts, FromSoftware's new title is Steam's biggest launch in 2019, beating Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice also peaked at 124,334 concurrent players making it fourth most-played game.
MARCH 25
In a podcast with GameStar.de, CD Projekt Red's quest designer Philipp Weber said that the new mechanics in Cyberpunk 2077 often give three to five options to solve a quest which naturally makes the quests more complex in some areas.
MARCH 25
According to the report in the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo plan to release two new Switch models as early as this summer. One version will have new, enhanced features but still won't be strong as PlayStation 4 Pro or Xbox One X.
MARCH 25
Atlus have finally revealed their mysterious, new RPG Persona 5: The Royal. In a short reveal trailer, the developers only teased a female character and confirmed that more details will be shared on Persona Concert on 24 April 2019.
MARCH 23
According to games retailer GameStop, Sony will no longer provide full game digital download codes to third-party retailers. Starting on 01 April 2019, digital codes will be available for purchase only on the official PlayStation Store.
MARCH 23
According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, Fortnite gained an Apex Legends worth of players since Respawn's battle royale launched a month ago. Sweeney said that their battle royale king should soon hit another milestone - 250 million players.
MARCH 23
Bandai Namco have released a new patch for their anime fighter Jump Force. The patch brings some general improvements, shortens loading times even further and adds new a collection of costumes and accessories to the Umbra Base's stores.
MARCH 23
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
