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
![Kingdom Hearts 4 screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zaR82L3S2cpEdkzzuBakg4-320-80.jpg)
Kingdom Hearts 4 has been radio silent for 1,005 days, but don’t worry - Tetsuya Nomura teases he has the story planned out
By Kaan Serin published
News Via a commemorative message for Birth By Sleep's 15th anniversary
![A close-up of the Doom Slayer in the upcoming PC game, Doom: The Dark Ages.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YprS8RywKqa8Tkv9U5FFfT-320-80.jpg)
Xbox Developer Direct kicks off 2025 with Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur, and a "surprise" fourth game
By Kaan Serin published
News All coming to Game Pass "this year"
![Fallout: New Vegas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o3iLgYUZipevXDQREWCsGZ-320-80.jpg)
This AGDQ icon hilariously speed-dated their way across Fallout: New Vegas, romanced all 12 characters, and still beat the RPG in 40 minutes
By Kaan Serin published
News Tomatoanus is back with another hilarious speedrun
![The Witcher 4 screenshot showing the stunning Unreal Engine 5 fidelity](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tzUvdtTwiiChsff9CgfcKZ-320-80.jpg)
CD Projekt Red prepared for The Witcher 4's "vibe" by having devs old and new make a fresh quest together in The Witcher 3's next-gen update
By Kaan Serin published
News CDPR newbies cut their teeth on the now-two-year-old quest, In the Eternal Fire's Shadow
![Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWf4W7DeBPznWg6Vb3wTWL-320-80.jpg)
After 9 years staring at his face, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's favorite character is Cloud: "I don't think there was a time that I haven't seen him in front of me"
By Kaan Serin published
News And Yoshinori Kitase chose Vincent for his horror influences
![A screenshot from Exodus' debut trailer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VABGVGbfrcxv5f4sGqixLA-320-80.png)
Mass Effect veterans have another Normandy-type "major hub" in their new space RPG Exodus, but this time it's an entire city
By Kaan Serin published
News And it'll change over the course of in-game decades
![Screenshot from Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children showing Cloud holding an unconscious Tifa in his arms.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SzQm9mXnFBbSBzz6L4rVDG-320-80.jpg)
With everything from Helldivers to Zelda getting the big screen treatment, OG Final Fantasy 7 director would "love" for the JRPG to get another movie
By Kaan Serin published
News Yoshinori Kitase says lots of Hollywood names respect the game
![Monster Hunter Wilds Seikret bird mount walking in plains](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5e6Au3VgwYyNdrgAGDQ8Cn-320-80.jpg)
Monster Hunter Wilds gets a second beta test with a "returning monster from the series," but improvements from the first round "won't be ready" in time
By Kaan Serin published
News Capcom's putting the finishing touches on its blockbuster leather-pant-making sim
![ben starr dressed in harequinn makeup chomping down on a banana](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/em8NcZnDpq7MZAgzMDerVi-320-80.jpg)
Balatro maker promises that the dodgiest odds in the hit roguelike aren't deceiving you
By Kaan Serin published
News "Yes, Wheel of Fortune really is 1 in 4"
![Screenshot from Beyond Citadel](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jtyFVsUFQqimLDb2RKTijn-320-80.jpg)
One wasn't enough, so here's a second Doomer Shooter "inspired by the FPS classics of the '90s" where Doom Guy is an anime girl
By Kaan Serin published
News Beyond Citadel is saying all the right things
![BioWare](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2gaEgbS4Xmeid8isWr7MCb-320-80.jpg)
BioWare fans reckon they've found evidence Mass Effect 5 is bringing back the RPG series' classic Renegade/Paragon morality
By Kaan Serin published
News The moral binary might come back
![null](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xH5P5WykJ8W33mTvBwbeNU-320-80.png)
Some weird news: Amazon begins cancelling 3DS pre-orders for the failed Mega Man successor that came out 9 years ago
By Kaan Serin published
News Mighty No. 9's Kickstarter promised a 3DS and PS Vita version that never came to be
![Elden Ring Nightreign screenshot showing a monstrous, terrifyingly large enemy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5PujdL5F5GAKnhX9EbZuhJ-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring Nightreign is saying goodbye to FromSoftware's beloved messaging system
By Kaan Serin published
News Seen in everything from Dark Souls to Bloodborne
![Screenshot from River Town, showing a top-down view of a little city with a river running across it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BSPwtpKsJ4APxrJYUbob65-320-80.png)
Tetris some towns together in this cute city builder brought back to life by Kickstarter after the studio "had to let everyone go" last year
By Kaan Serin published
News River Towns asks you to rejig entire towns with buildings shaped like Tetris blocks
![Balatro Joker card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Gq4KxfmsdkVnc5C6dsymF-320-80.jpg)
Balatro creator shares the GOTY love with other indie games while giving out a "very prestigious Golden Thunk award"
By Kaan Serin published
News And Animal Well tops the list
![Minecraft Diamond Armor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CHBSdskaEYrfY8fuwdmz7d-320-80.jpg)
OG Minecraft creator "basically announced Minecraft 2" in the oddest way, but he won't "sneakily infringe" on Mojang's work
By Kaan Serin published
News Chances that it actually releases are slim, though
![Four Helldivers lined up on base ship](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G2pD4rzEBVY55kroy3DbaK-320-80.jpg)
Less than a year after launching 2024's best live service, Helldivers 2 creative director has already started working on "the next Arrowhead game"
By Kaan Serin published
News Johan Pilestedt wants to know what your "expectations and desires" are
![1000xResist key art, showing Watcher's face merged with those of her other Sisters and the Allmother, emphasising the mix of perspectives](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NKt8V9U24uMnshC5shXmY3-320-80.jpg)
A Balatro crossover, GOTY nods, and near-perfect reviews propelled one of 2024's hidden gems to its highest selling day months after launch
By Kaan Serin published
News New Years Day was 1000xResist's best sales say ever
![Skyrim](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uuTiLpKBnYxHfpn26ZsRsU-320-80.jpg)
Vanilla Skyrim reaches a whopping 2 billion mod downloads, surpassed only by Skyrim: Special Edition's 6.2 billion record
By Kaan Serin published
News Easily the two biggest games on Nexus Mods
![BioShock](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gkwz7dqcxo2AoyFTqqXimC-320-80.jpg)
BioShock's Ken Levine calls his most iconic FPS "a very, very long corridor," but his next game Judas is "made very, very differently"
By Kaan Serin published
News "This may be a bit alienating to some readers - but they're basically a corridor"
![A mask in front of flames during the upcoming PS5 game, Borderlands 4.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LS8fgNWarwcR9n9MgBAE7k-320-80.jpg)
Borderlands 4 CEO wouldn't call the shooter an open-world, but it is the "most open and free" game Gearbox has ever made
By Kaan Serin published
News Randy Pitchford says you'll be able to go as far as the eye can see without load times, including (maybe) the moon
![halo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vLBjH8dzNviWSPW4cARM4P-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft said "'Nah'" to the Halo x Doom crossover pitched for Amazon's Secret Level, but I'm crossing my fingers for Season 2
By Kaan Serin published
News Master Chief and Doom Slayer? The internet's been manifesting this one for decades
![Devil May Cry HD Collection](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SuXDSyDhqCAxXXxsVjdQvP-320-80.jpg)
After 30 years of work on Capcom's Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma games, director Hideaki Itsuno has already started his "new project"
By Kaan Serin published
News The legendary director is keeping his next game under wraps
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