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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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Sony have received a 2 million euros fine for lack of information and misleading details on PS Plus subscription and multiplayer on PlayStation 4. The Italian Antitrust found that Sony didn't offer enough info on the additional costs.
JANUARY 15
Valve shared a detailed review post in which they shared Steam's results achieved in 2018. According to their data, Steam now has 90 million monthly and 47 million daily active users. Along with that, a roadmap for 2019 has been revealed.
JANUARY 15
The latest update for Fortnite is now live and it brings back the glider redeploy mechanic, which allows the players to jump from heights and redeploy their parachutes. Along with that, scoped revolvers have been introduced as well.
JANUARY 15
Security company Pinkerton have sent a cease and desist notice to Take Two last month alleging that the publisher has no rights to use the term Pinkerton in Red Dead Redemption 2's story. They also requested payment or royalty arrangements.
JANUARY 15
FIFA 19 and Red Dead Redemption 2 have been overthrown from the top spots as New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe physical sales start strong. Nintendo's new release also sold 56 per cent more copies than the original Wii U version at launch.
JANUARY 15
Battlefield V Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes is bringing Squad Conquest which is a smaller variant of the regular Conquest mode. Along with that, Rush and co-op modes, three new weapons and Tank Hunter vehicles are also coming in the update.
JANUARY 15
Players will have to stick together during missions and raids in Anthem but free play will let them explore the world on their own. The info was confirmed by Anthem lead producer who said that missions will have fairly forgiving tethering.
JANUARY 15
Fallout 76 players have found a way to enter developer room which features every item in the game as well as some unreleased weapons and gear. Bethesda responded by issuing automatic account suspensions for those who use the exploit.
JANUARY 15
Xbox YouTube channel shared and quickly deleted a video which featured a clip of Dark Zone gameplay from The Division 2. The video shows a four-man squad taking on the True Sons mercenary group in the Easter Recon part of the Dark Zone.
JANUARY 15
Nvidia officially announced G-Sync Compatible feature which will bring G-Sync technology to compatible Freesync monitors. Nvidia confirmed that 12 monitors are supported at the moment but the list will increase as the tests continue.
JANUARY 12
Bethesda's latest patch for Fallout 76 has brought much-needed and requested fixes for various bugs and issues. Tweaks to weapons, perks, enemies and items are included, as well as some server stability and performance improvements.
JANUARY 12
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have released Dead or Alive beta exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers. The beta is available to download on the PS Store and will run until 14 January 2018 with five characters available for testing.
JANUARY 11
