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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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Ambitious mod for Skyrim is nearing its completion and will soon enter closed beta tests, modders have revealed. The closed beta will be available only to Patreon backers who will get the chance to try the eight-player cooperative mode.
JANUARY 22
EA Sports have addressed the issue where timed finesse shots would too often result in goals whether players nail the timing or not. The patch also reduces the maximum size of timed finishing window and nerfs yellow timing effectiveness.
JANUARY 22
Far Cry New Dawn's light RPG mechanics will allow players to craft certain weapons which will have ranks. Along with that, enemies are also ranked and Ubisoft introduced a new home base which can be upgraded with various resources.
JANUARY 22
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
