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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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If you want to play as Harley Quinn in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds it will cost you $25, and for the arguably worst version of Joker ever you'll have to pay $18 it's been revealed as PUBG crossover with DC Comics has now gone live.
NOVEMBER 9
Answering a question at investors call, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has confirmed Rockstar will launch Red Dead Redemption 2 online open beta by the end of the month. Zelnick also declined to go into any detail about monetisation.
NOVEMBER 9
Mass Effect developer Bioware posted a video on their official Twitter reminding players of the N7 Day in which the game director Casey Hudson drops a small tease by stating that he's dreaming about the next great Mass Effect game.
NOVEMBER 8
Old School Runescape has debuted as the most downloaded game on the App Store, hitting the one million mark in eight countries since its full release last week, Jagex confirmed. The game also reached the top 10 in 15 countries overall.
NOVEMBER 8
FromSoftware's latest VR title Deracine has released just yesterday and some players have already found pretty interesting easter eggs like dolls performing Bloodborne gestures, which suggest a possible sequel could be in the making.
NOVEMBER 7
Two promotional pictures of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds have been revealed by a member of PSNProfiles forum along with ID codes of the game. The information comes just a month before the one year anniversary of PUBG's Xbox One release.
NOVEMBER 7
Blizzard's daily dose of bad news comes from the New York Stock Exchange where Acitivision Blizzard Inc. stock value has crashed by almost seven per cent following the last week reveal of Diablo Immortal for mobile on Blizzcon 2018.
NOVEMBER 7
More Fallout 76 beta sessions are coming this week but before that, a huge 30 GB patch has been released, fixing some existing stability and performance issues. Final beta tests ahead of release will be available today and Thursday.
NOVEMBER 6
Following Blizzard's announcement that the next entry to the Diablo series will be for mobile, fans of the venerable franchise exploded with less than stellar feedback. The backlash was expected, but not its magnitude, Blizzard respond.
NOVEMBER 5
No one's taking the throne from Rockstar's giant in the strongest second-week sales in 2018. Red Dead Redemption 2 has retained the lead with the likes of FIFA 19 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 following behind in second and third place.
NOVEMBER 5
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's 1.0.6 patch is now live and with it comes the debut of the first episode of The Lost Tales of Greece, which is the first of seven stories that Ubisoft are planning as part of the Creed's free post-launch support.
NOVEMBER 2
If you're looking for some strange and hilarious glitches, the open world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is the place to visit. Just take a look at this one, a cursed road glitch that'll set ablaze everything in its path, including your horse.
NOVEMBER 2
