Kaan Serin
Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.
Latest articles by Kaan Serin
![Astro Bot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2v7yKoePzzCJGRFL6f4Dxh-320-80.jpg)
Astro Bot is "a new beginning" for the PS5 mascot, and Team Asobi's biggest game ever with over 80 planets to explore
By Kaan Serin published
News Astro's getting the love he deserves
![Sephiroth appears among the flames in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QauJpwdPzbgvgoP7db8bMR-320-80.jpg)
The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth team wants to give "even more freedom" and a "different kind of experience" in the Remake Trilogy's finale
By Kaan Serin published
News While still keeping Gaia's "playful" spirit intact
![Harry Potter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PDeGnh3bABzohw42ReEGqK-320-80.jpg)
Hogwarts Legacy gets photo mode, Harry Potter glasses, and unlocks the PS5-only quest in its big summer update
By Kaan Serin published
News The update could've used Engorgio a few more times
![Dark Souls: Remastered Solaire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3dwJxHCeEEbauWRuWLaSaQ-320-80.jpg)
After 8 months and 1000 hours of work, the Dark Souls Re-Remastered mod remasters Dark Souls Remastered
By Kaan Serin published
News Making the 2018 remaster look closer to the 2012 Prepare To Die Edition
![Manor Lords](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jNRcgbntxnbzGdVXVah4Ni-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords publisher thinks it's "a little unfair to judge us" on the massive city-builder success because "publishers shouldn't be judged by their biggest hit"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Look at what happened when something didn’t go perfectly”
![Marvel's Spider-Man 2 screenshot showing Peter and Miles in suits](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/29pFDaXVUj4Kb8PkUqu6uJ-320-80.jpg)
PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels
By Kaan Serin published
News Hermen Hulst wants you to play Spider-Man 1 on PC, and then buy a PS5 for Spider-Man 2
![Anothereal](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HikUCxCK2oMsfCNVMHwiJ7-320-80.jpg)
Celeste's composer announces a shoot 'em up RPG that recalls Undertale - a pitch almost as grand as I know the soundtrack will be
By Kaan Serin published
News Lena Raine is back in Anothereal
![Fallout 4](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LekZbH56u4TxNaoyCsepHe-320-80.jpg)
Why did it take me 9 years to find out you could hold VATS in Fallout 4 to free aim?
By Kaan Serin published
News An old discovery that's new to me
![Helldivers 2 weapons](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/88ccQkkvL4GNgBYivZMj38-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 director reveals Arrowhead once made a prototype for a Star Wars TIE Fighter successor: "It could have been amazing"
By Kaan Serin published
News But democracy had the higher ground
![Terraria](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ryyf46S7bZTarnBt45omC3-320-80.jpg)
Terraria creator in shambles as a Terraria mod beats the game itself on a list of the best soundtracks: "I'm gonna hire your sound guy"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Calamity mod slotted in at ninth place
![Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TqqGcuwnPiU9GRPvY6qNx5-320-80.jpg)
12 years after its original announcement, Cyberpunk 2077 has no developers left working on it, but the RPG series is definitely "not dead"
By Kaan Serin published
News CD Projekt Red confirmed that it's moving developer onto the sequel
![Light No Fire announcement screenshot showing open world exploration](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CHnRGn7qNnsnmXDNKEvT3d-320-80.jpg)
No Man's Sky lead teases a second look at Light No Fire, Hello Games' hotly-anticipated open-world game
By Kaan Serin published
News Expect an appearance at SGF next month
![The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zypGbmfLT6Bp9T5Zbhhe9S-320-80.jpg)
Legend of Zelda developer explains how an unexpected item became Tears of the Kingdom's best vehicle-creation tool: "Even we didn't predict that"
By Kaan Serin published
News The cooking pot has incredible suspension
![Rusted Moss](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tux7GoASQmbwU7nUbCRhin-320-80.jpg)
One of our favorite Metroidvania’s grappling hook action gets 7-8 hours of new content and a second playable character in a free update big enough to fill an entire sequel
By Kaan Serin published
News Rusted Moss isn't getting a sequel, but its free major update "might as well be one"
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WNmCMweD7cXcsFbWPdkCJD-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 sadist beats the RPG's hardest mode with an even more brutal custom ruleset: No companions, no hirelings, no long rests, no tadpoles, no trading, and not even any stealing
By Kaan Serin published
News "Next challenge, we will have to make it harder"
![Xenoblade Chronicles X trailer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KBuGFs8hBPbSL5GyDcz9HH-320-80.jpg)
Xenoblade Chronicles game's final speedrunning world record can never be beaten - because it was set just before Nintendo killed the Wii U and 3DS servers forever
By Kaan Serin published
News Buzzer beater
![Dragon Quest 3 HD](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NTftpWqrDFUMUdPzw7US34-320-80.jpg)
After 3 years of silence, Dragon Quest 3's gorgeous remake rears its head with a tease that more HD-2D JRPG remakes are in the works: "The legend of Erdrick draws near"
By Kaan Serin published
News 36 years after launch, the classic is making its return
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tHE2HUK5YqxeQB568gQkuB-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 studio working on a "solution" for players "getting kicked by an a**ehole lobby leader" before getting mission rewards
By Kaan Serin published
News "It's coming"
![Yasuke: A Lost Descendant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qrZdLHetC5crBDxaYh5Uj4-320-80.jpg)
Can't wait for Assassin's Creed Shadows? Here's another action RPG about its samurai protagonist Yasuke that will "leave you in tears"
By Kaan Serin published
News Yasuke Junior is tearing the city up in this upcoming anime action RPG
![Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RJN4bJoDtwEGU39evAtoTJ-320-80.jpg)
With Oscar Isaac’s Metal Gear Solid film MIA, Hideo Kojima eyes a Furiosa actor as the perfect lead: "I could only see him as Snake"
By Kaan Serin published
News Now that's a seal of approval
![The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9eWgf9A3LfSKQWrDjGJBkJ-320-80.jpg)
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's biggest change from Breath of the Wild was made to give players unrestricted freedom in a "world free from self-destruction"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Every single thing" had to factor in new physics systems
![Animal Well screenshot, captured on PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zfqBLVJAGT8DaN2DwBffDe-320-80.jpg)
2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe
By Kaan Serin published
News Whatever's next hasn't been "pieced together yet"
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S9N55nKYTjaGJ5qdzFJB78-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2’s next update will begin to reverse some controversial weapons nerfs, but won’t be “the patch to rule all other patches”
By Kaan Serin published
News "There'll be some balancing, some new stuff, some improved stuff"