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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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System Shock's latest gameplay trailer displays visual improvements and shows off artwork that will appear in the final version. The developers wanted to clear the confusion from previous gameplay which only contained placeholders.
JANUARY 22
Resident Evil 2 Remake's 1-Shot Demo has been downloaded more than 3 million times on all platforms since its release on 11 January 2019. More than 74 per cent of players couldn't finish the demo under 30 minutes according to Capcom.
JANUARY 22
One Atlas player has used a technical exploit to start a rain of whales that caused total devastation on North American PVP servers. Grapeshot Games released the official statement saying that the issue has been fixed after server rollback.
JANUARY 21
Heroic Leap Games will host Realm Royale's open beta tests on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One starting on 22 January 2019. The contents will be the same as in the closed beta with some minor updates to general stability and performance.
JANUARY 21
Redditor DanLyb made a small overlay of Anthem's map pieces which he took from the latest developer video. The map shows a high number of canyons and rivers and is made of six major locations. Bioware are yet to confirm the map size though.
JANUARY 21
Theft and Greed will activate the Rogue status once players steal the loot from Dark Zone chests, supply drops or other players. This will introduce a new activity in Dark Zone dubbed Thieves Den where players can earn valuable rewards.
JANUARY 21
Layers of Fear 2 will put players in the shoes of a star Holywood actor who takes on a movie role that's being filmed on a mysterious ship in the middle of Atlantic Ocean. Instead of paintings, the sequel will use cinema to tell the story.
JANUARY 21
Season of Grandeur is now live and it brings a selection of new cosmetic rewards, a new rotation of Seasonal Conquests and Classic Sets available via Haedrig's Gift. Season 16 update also brings QoL improvements and balance updates.
JANUARY 19
The Division 2 will feature a 40ish hour story mode that can be played solo or cooperatively. The developers Massive Entertainment said that the story is designed first and foremost with endgame in mind which was a much-requested change.
JANUARY 19
Ambush will test players' surviving skills in battle royale mode by limiting the weapons to sniper rifles and melee. The new mode will replace the current limited-time mode Down But Not Out which is scheduled to end on 30 January 2019.
JANUARY 19
Deck 12 is another Fortuna expansion which will bring a new event and boss, while The New War will be the next chapter in Warframe's story. Three new Warframes are being developed and all the planned additions should be coming Spring 2019.
JANUARY 19
Atlas admin Steam account has been compromised by one player who gained access to North American PvP servers. The hijacker used the admin powers to cause devastation on the server by spawning sea beasts, WW2 tanks and rain warplanes.
JANUARY 18
