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

Ubisoft's revenue is way down, but Assassin's Creed Shadows might save it as preorders track alongside Odyssey's 10 million-copy haul
By Kaan Serin published
News AC Odyssey is itself the series' second most successful game

Animal Crossing meets Breath of the Wild meets an MMO? I can see why Fantasy Life i has been delayed so many times, but it's finally coming out soon
By Kaan Serin published
News Unless it gets delayed a fourth time

Dynasty Warriors' new Vampire Survivors-ish roguelike is maybe the perfect spin-off for a series already known for endless enemy hordes
By Kaan Serin published
News Warriors: Abyss is out now

Digimon Story is back after 7 years with a big-budget turn-based JRPG to "bring the charm of Digimon to even more people"
By Kaan Serin published
News Split across two worlds

After Helldivers 2 and Astro Bot success, live service and family games are genres PlayStation wants to "expand in the future"
By Kaan Serin published
News But aren't Helldivers and bots mortal enemies?

Xbox won't have Metal Gear Solid 3 remake's Ape Escape mode, but it is getting a crossover that's arguably better
By Kaan Serin published
News I guess the console wars aren't over

Returnal is a roguelike, Saros is a roguelite: "Permanent resources and progression" make "every death valuable" in Housemarque's new shooter
By Kaan Serin published
News But what's the difference really?

After Marvel Rivals ate its lunch, Blizzard wants Overwatch 2 to continue being the "best competitive team-based hero shooter"
By Kaan Serin published
News "This will be one of Overwatch's most significant years so far"

Overwatch 2's next seasons go hard after Marvel Rivals lit a fire under Blizzard: upgradeable perks, a big third-person mode, and loot boxes are all coming
By Kaan Serin published
News Season 15 and Season 16 are game-changers for the hero shooter

Nintendo Switch 2's most unexpected feature so far? Joy-Cons that attach upside-down, according to a new patent
By Kaan Serin published
News Or maybe it's the Switch 2 that's upside down, depending on how you look at it

Crytek lays off around 60 developers, puts Crysis 4 "on hold," and now seems solely committed to FPS Hunt: Showdown
By Kaan Serin published
News Aside from Hunt: Showdown 1896 and CryEngine support, Crytek has no other publicly-announced projects

Former Unity and EA boss "was the worst CEO in video games," says the arguably worse ex-boss of Activision Blizzard
By Kaan Serin published
News Bobby Kotick has some words for John Riccitiello

"Valve does a very good job of surfacing games that players like": As his new RPG prepares for Steam early access, ex-WoW vet says making good games is the only real hack
By Kaan Serin published
News The Steam algorithm is apparently "impenetrable"

BioWare's Sonic The Hedgehog RPG "actually uses Dragon Age: Origins dialogue system heavily streamlined to fit on the Nintendo DS"
By Kaan Serin published
News A former Dragon Age executive producer reveals, though you could argue Origins actually uses Sonic's dialogue system

My Steam wishlist is bigger than ever thanks to the indie devs flooding social media with 15-second clips explaining their games
By Kaan Serin published
News Frantic shooters, top-down driving sims, and games I don't know how to explain are all going viral

As PSN outages subside, Capcom is extending the next Monster Hunter Wilds open beta for an extra day as the "test period was cut short"
By Kaan Serin published
News And Sony's giving away five days of PS Plus for all existing members

The PlayStation Network has been down for 17 hours - and PSN players say even single-player games and disc drives aren't working
By Kaan Serin published
The PSN outage is affecting all services

Ex-World of Warcraft designer says the stagnating "meta" in today's RPGs "really sucks," and Marvel Rivals is a good example of how to solve it
By Kaan Serin published
Inspiration in the unlikeliest of places

To celebrate Helldivers 2's first birthday, GM Joel recalls his favorite community moments that are now "canon" and "part of Helldiver lore"
By Kaan Serin published
News Starting with one of the most "nail-bitingly close wins" in Helldivers 2 history

Elden Ring's seamless co-op modder takes their talents to Dark Souls 3, letting you "play with friends" from start to finish with "no resummoning or interruptions"
By Kaan Serin published
News From the modder behind Sekiro Online and the Armored Core 6 co-op mode

From farming sims to cat-collecting games, Steam's Idler Fest promises to fill your desktop with stuff that totally won't hurt your productivity
By Kaan Serin published
News Rusty's Retirement and Ropuka's Idle Island are part of the celebrations

After Suicide Squad's $200 million flop, Rocksteady's reportedly back to working on the Batman games that made it a household name
By Kaan Serin published
News But will it be set in the same Arkham universe?

Monster Hunter Wilds' nightmarish low-poly bug is back for its second beta, but don't be too surprised - Capcom said improvements wouldn't show until launch
By Kaan Serin published
News We'll need to wait until February 28 to be rid of them
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