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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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Atlus updated the Persona 5 domain which was registered last year but is yet to be used for any Persona related activity. Renewal of the domain could mean that the developer is finally ready to announce the enhanced version of Persona 5.
DECEMBER 27
Those who got banned in Fallout 76 for using hacks to gain an unfair advantage over other players will have a chance to redeem themselves. Apparently, Bethesda are ready to remove bans for players who write an essay on why cheating is bad.
DECEMBER 26
The latest Atlas update is now live on Steam, and the developer Grapeshot Games have included improved server performance, rebalanced skill point requirements and doubled gold and item awards that players get from Treasure hunting.
DECEMBER 26
David Jaffe has said that those who are unhappy with Beyond Good and Evil 2's always-online requirement are super entitled babies. The God of War creator shared his thoughts after reading a bunch of comments from unhappy fans on N4G.
DECEMBER 25
Lost Ark developer Smilegate officially confirmed that Lost Ark is coming to Russia after the company signed a contract with Mail.Ru for a local Russian server of the new MMO. This could also mean that Europe and NA versions are next.
DECEMBER 25
Monster Hunter World players will look forward to 2019 as Capcom is planning to release a lot of free and paid updates in the upcoming year. Along with a Witcher crossover, players will get new monsters, events, and new Iceborne expansion.
DECEMBER 25
To celebrate the holidays and show their gratitude to fans for supporting their game during the year, Blizzard is gifting five free Overwatch winter loot boxes to all players who log into the game from 25 December 2018 to 3 January 2019.
DECEMBER 25
Battlestate Games have dropped a new trailer for Escape From Tarkov's upcoming patch. The update is bringing a new TerraGroupLab location and more than 100 new weapons, attachments and equipment along with other optimisation improvements.
DECEMBER 25
Netflix are preparing to renew The Witcher series for multiple new seasons ahead of release. GWW's Editor-in-Chief Casey Walsh shared the news by saying that the publisher is quite happy and could follow up with new seasons very soon.
DECEMBER 24
Ubisoft are giving away a Year 1, 2 or 3 operator to everyone who logs into Rainbow Six Siege from 24 December 2018 to 1 January 2019. Players will get one random operator and those who already own them all will receive 25000 renown.
DECEMBER 24
More than 30,000 players who used Radar Hacking technology to gain an unfair advantage in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds are no more as PUBG Corp. has permanently banned these accounts. This comes just after the latest update to BattleEye.
DECEMBER 24
Bioware's upcoming shooter won't feature any paid season pass or DLC. This was confirmed by Anthem's lead producer Michael Gamble. He replied to one concerned fan who asked if he needs to buy a season pass to get additional content.
DECEMBER 24
