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
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QsTG7ZXdxRxjjSRkcJsriC-320-80.jpg)
After unleashing 100 changes, Helldivers 2 boss says the team is still looking into more Stratagem improvements: "We are not done"
By Kaan Serin published
News The eternal fight to balance
![Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago look up, covered in shadows, in the announcement trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtY35Gszn7mm8Dvb23aoNJ-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day gets co-creator CliffyB's seal of approval as the prequel "gives the people what they want"
By Kaan Serin published
News The nostalgic trailer gave Cliff Bleszinski "chills"
![Assassin's Creed Shadows](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnb3JP5zVvceZNaHBDJdEh-320-80.jpg)
Following historical error complaints, Assassin's Creed Shadows director promises the trailer's architectural inaccuracies will be ironed out for the RPG's launch
By Kaan Serin published
News No more square-shaped mats
![Doom: The Dark Ages What's Hot image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZfmP5r6rJoyt6Ztvt7mMBR-320-80.jpg)
Doom: The Dark Ages' chainsaw-shield sounds like the most metal weapon since Gears of War's Lancer, and thankfully, it's equipped "at all times"
By Kaan Serin published
News Shield in your left hand, skull-crushing guns in your right
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tZ7BpVUddSkckMeKwooQfc-320-80.jpg)
As Helldivers 2 makes players choose between saving children and a new Stratagem, Arrowhead looks to give "alive and scheming" GM Joel an equally nefarious partner
By Kaan Serin published
News Even more chaos ahead
![Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZYUEpTA6Du9xEER4MnRAXh-320-80.jpg)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is "now entering full production" after rebooting development last year
By Kaan Serin published
News A long time coming
![A candle in the trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake (2026)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PoQfGYvMVBxNWoe8fWzZBK-320-80.png)
Ubisoft drops magical hourglass, announces 2026 release for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
By Kaan Serin published
News Coming out six years after its first release date
![Destiny 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sTJTZRdm5GRTN6TrCTfpa7-320-80.jpg)
What's next for Destiny 2 after The Final Shape? Bungie teases Year 11 with Codename: Frontiers
By Kaan Serin published
News Plus, new details on the upcoming Episodes
![State of Decay 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FvoMrFiDr7hsFnG7GRHh9D-320-80.jpg)
The Gears of War and Avowed studios are teaming up to help State of Decay 3's "much larger, truly shared open world"
By Kaan Serin published
News Collaborating with Undead Labs to loosen the leash on State of Decay 2's tethered co-op
![Dragon Age The Veilguard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pQ8hVAdqSmSTjdQQJkgW5E-320-80.jpg)
As Dragon Age: The Veilguard's bold new tone gets bashed by fans, the RPG's original co-creator explains trailers are always mismatched, "so that doesn't mean much"
By Kaan Serin published
News Veilguard is seemingly ditching the bloodier, dark fantasy stylings of Origins
![Marcus Fenix and a Locust grenadier go head-to-head in the trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zemp6QEmxkV7eGwP2ZFM3m-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day's gorgeous trailer wasn't just CG, it used assets "that players will see in the final game"
By Kaan Serin published
News Unreal Engine 5 assets that'll make it into the finished game
![Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zRULUn3FQcFbayuefYdz6a-320-80.jpg)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's "texture streaming" requires "a continuous internet connection," even in the campaign
By Kaan Serin published
News Activision says the 300GB install would be even bigger without the always-online requirement
![Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago look up, covered in shadows, in the announcement trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtY35Gszn7mm8Dvb23aoNJ-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day is rewinding the clocks, but The Coalition hints it still has eyes on Gears 6: "We're not retreating from that storyline in any way"
By Kaan Serin published
News Kait Diaz's story will continue, fingers crossed
![Naoe and Yasuke walk in the sunset in a screenshot from Assassin's Creed Shadows](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hwneiFwdb4teFFqCvy7ATC-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows' Naoe recalls the series' stealthier, RPG-less roots with a hidden blade, hood, and an awesome grapple
By Kaan Serin published
News Ezio would be proud
![First-person shot of Joanna Dark shooting enemies in the Perfect Dark reboot trailer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GweY3iEJVHc7DNgHgLNYS7-320-80.jpg)
The Perfect Dark reboot suddenly resurfaces, and now somehow looks like a Deus Ex game with "elements of first-person shooters, immersive sims, and stealth-action"
By Kaan Serin published
News Agent Joanna Dark looks quite different after going MIA for two decades
![Man creeps up on zombie in a screenshot from State of Decay 3's new 2024 trailer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iiKGuVA9oYheCP9a56QBW7-320-80.jpg)
4 years after its reveal, State of Decay 3 is back with a first look at its gorgeous and emotional open-world zombie action
By Kaan Serin published
News The zombie-slaying threequel rears its head with more blood, sweat, and tears than ever
![Split screen image of a skeleton dude and red lady duking it out in a trailer for Battle Vision Network.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGGxob5v52pD8c8rGcsAod-320-80.png)
Devs behind beloved color-matching puzzler Grindstone and top-down soulslike Below reveal the spiritual successor to their beloved 15-year-old Nintendo DS game
By Kaan Serin published
News Battle Vision Network has all the color-matching combos you might expect
![Monster Hunter Wilds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XH4QfcD49jFyicHa4hMphF-320-80.jpg)
Don't like $70 games? Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 publisher Capcom says wait 5 years and they'll all be $5
By Kaan Serin published
News Price reductions are always on horizon... unless it's a Nintendo game
![Koala bears break out of prison in a screenshot from Cuffbust](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ezhdy8c3EUgedVr6VL3nuS-320-80.jpg)
With 20-player jailbreaks, the new game from the viral creator of Choo-Choo Charles might be the next Lethal Company-sized multiplayer hit
By Kaan Serin published
News Jellybean koala bears escape prison, get high, and cause chaos in CuffBust
![A broken image of a woman's face drenched in red light in a teaser image from Half Mermaid's Project C](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n8ySmHQ3qm6NjZzivfW6aV-320-80.jpg)
The M3GAN and Get Out production company is investing so heavily in games that it's created the ultimate lineup for horror genre fans
By Kaan Serin published
News Six new games, from pixel farming sims to a new Sam Barlow-directed FMV adventure
![Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara, a drow with pale purple skin and light blonde hair, smirks as her face is covered in blood splatter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NpUxhnk6UuFKDkZMY3wMgh-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 player loses Honor Mode save deep into Act 3, only to be rescued after Larian reconstructs a "custom save file" for them
By Kaan Serin published
News Support teams to the rescue
![Manor Lords screenshot showing medieval-style farm fields featuring autumn-esque colouring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eEymKaBL8yajq3mYjymvNP-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords creator clarifies he planned to add regular ol’ walls in the city-builder's next update: "Wait, you guys thought I meant walls as in a siege system?"
By Kaan Serin published
News But the community simply recommends he takes a vacation
![Civilization 6's Leader Pass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/awyXJdEdKwPZUHQHHsnz77-320-80.jpg)
2K Games teased another entry in one of its "biggest and most beloved franchises" - and it now seems to be strategy juggernaut Civilization 7
By Kaan Serin published
News Sorry, Bioshock and Borderlands fans