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
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom might be hiding a tribute to two Nintendo legends, and Reggie Fils-Aime is "incredibly touched"
By Kaan Serin published
News Lake Hylia's Zoras might be referencing Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime
Overwatch 2 is reportedly going the Call of Duty route with an upcoming mobile version
By Kaan Serin published
News Activision Blizzard is apparently condensing its other big FPS series
Silent Hill 2 Remake modders explore the horror game's every corner by removing its signature fog and checking the backseat
By Kaan Serin published
News Sunny Hills looks like a UK high street
"The sad truth is, the future is uncertain": Indie dev asks community for help after supporting its dinosaur Stardew Valley on a "shoestring budget"
By Kaan Serin published
News Italic Pig needs more support to work on its planned Paleo Pines 2
Sackboy finally reaches the end of the road as Sony announces LittleBigPlanet 3 and all its DLC are being delisted
By Kaan Serin published
News Halloween marks the beloved series' digital death day
OG Silent Hill 2 director is "very happy" about the remake: "Whether it's good or bad doesn't affect the original"
By Kaan Serin published
News Faults or not, Masashi Tsuboyama is chuffed that a new generation gets to experience his horror classic
Halo Studios head says "the consumption habits of gamers have changed - the expectations of how fast their content is available"
By Kaan Serin published
News Future Halo games and post-launch updates will supposedly come out at a much faster rate from now on
Newly-rebranded Halo Studios kicks off the iconic FPS series' next era with multiple games in development: "Chapter 1 - Bungie. Chapter 2 - 343 Industries"
By Kaan Serin published
News A switch to Unreal Engine 5 should speed up development on the next Halo
For its 20th anniversary, Halo 2's infamous E3 2003 demo that never made it into the final game is coming to Halo: MCC
By Kaan Serin published
News 343i and The Digsite team are excavating Earth City on November 9
The Forged Helldivers 2 mode in Halo Infinite is exactly what both games need, and it's coming to the FPS this month
By Kaan Serin published
News Helljumpers puts Helldiver's structure into Halo's sandbox
Persona studio realized it "didn't need to be so strict" about medieval conventions when making its new fantasy JRPG
By Kaan Serin published
News Metaphor: ReFantazio's world is more in service of its story rather than historical conventions
35 years after the iconic puzzler's release, someone has finally beat NES Tetris' 255 levels and achieved 'Rebirth'
By Kaan Serin published
News Someone has beat Tetris for the first time, a year after someone else also beat Tetris for the first time
After voicing Sora in 12 RPGs, Kingdom Hearts actor says maybe "the best thing to do" is let the long-running series end: "Even if you have something that you love"
By Kaan Serin published
News Haley Joel Osment thinks it's nice to not let a series "drag out beyond where the creator wants it to go."
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom players discover the game's most "busted" (and twisted) strategy is to literally drown foes
By Kaan Serin published
News Flashbacks to Korok torture
"Bethesda Game Studio's Big 3" RPGs are now Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and Starfield, studio veteran says: "Starfield is simply developing its own unique fanbase"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Starfield has its own unique personality and now sits right next to Fallout and Elder Scrolls"
Persona director explains why Metaphor: ReFantazio's cast awakens their powers in the most brutal way: "The big theme of this game is anxiety"
By Kaan Serin published
News The JRPG continues Atlus' trend of brutal battle animations
Sonic the Hedgehog boss says the PS5 Pro justifies its $700 price and could allow for newer games "that can express the speed of Sonic”
By Kaan Serin published
News That's all Sony ever had to say
Ghost of Yotei is reportedly driving curious newbies and lapsed fans back to Ghost of Tsushima in droves
By Kaan Serin published
News Sucker Punch's open-world epic is getting a boost in players, four years on
I'm begging more devs to do this: indie gives out the prototype of its great Soulslike – "Do not tell me if you run into a bug I will hunt you down I do not care"
By Kaan Serin published
News "No takesies backsies if it does not run well!"
Metaphor: ReFantazio players could complete an entire Persona with the 60 hours some of them have spent in the JRPG's demo
By Kaan Serin published
News Metaphor: ReFantazio's Prologue demo is taking most people 4-6 hours to complete
Early Dragon Ball Sparking Zero stream and hours of spoilers get spirit bombed out of existence by Bandai Namco
By Kaan Serin published
News Bamco has its eyes peeled
Helldivers 2's take on a galaxy-traveling Death Star really is a death trap: "risk of collapse," no toilets, and the beds are stolen from "very sick children"
By Kaan Serin published
News High Command calls them "donations"
After 11 years of GTA Online players brute forcing their way to GTA 5's starting area, Rockstar Games is opening the gates in a new zombie mode
By Kaan Serin published
News North Yankton makes a return and it's worse for wear
Sign up to the 12DOVE Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more