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
For sheer install size, Shadow of the Erdtree is rumored to be bigger than all of Sekiro and almost a third of Elden Ring itself
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News An expansive expansion on the horizon
Fallout: New Vegas director's sage advice for players who don't understand the RPG's divisive card game: "Try again"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Obsidian equivalent to 'git gud'
Square Enix seemingly kickstarts its multiplatform approach by freeing some of its best JRPGs to cross the console divide
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News The Octopath Traveler games have an odd history with exclusivity
A Valve veteran spent his career "focused a lot on violence," before Portal 2 inspired him to make Little Kitty, Big City
By Kaan Serin published
News "The most fun I had working on a project was one that had the least conflict in it"
Don't worry, the Elden Ring DLC dims the exceedingly bright Bandai Namco logo so it can no longer hurt you
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News FromSoftware nerfed it
My favorite thing about Breath of the Wild is all the mini-open-worlds it inspired, and another one just hit Steam with near-perfect reviews
By Kaan Serin published
News Drive to space in this zany open-worlder
Another promising survival game strikes Steam and it's already sold over 100,000 copies - if you're hungry for more after Palworld and Enshrouded
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News Soulmask is a new contender in the craft-y-survival genre
Rockstar Games owner predicts AI, which has already impacted jobs, won't steal any jobs: "It's actually crazy. It's not going to make people irrelevant"
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News The Take-Two CEO think AI could make development more efficient
My Baldur's Gate 3 party would hate this Destiny 2 D&D crossover and its mind flayer propaganda
By Kaan Serin published
News Forged in the light of two worlds
Pokemon Sapphire engineer miraculously builds a working computer using "only assets that already exist in the game"
By Kaan Serin published
News Without using custom code and assets
Roguelike hit Balatro's scrapped names include Hyperborean Hold 'em, Balatron, and other titles I can't stop thinking about
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News Balatron, my favorite Transformer
Emergency Helldivers 2 hotfix addresses a nasty Major Order bug, so we can all go back to spaghettifying an entire planet
By Kaan Serin published
News While we wait for the balance patch to drop in two weeks
Astro Bot triples the PlayStation cameos with "over 150" VIP bots, restoring hope for a Bloodborne breadcrumb
By Kaan Serin published
News Our only crumb of hope
CEO of Rockstar owner sizes up GTA 6: "The world's in a different place than it was when we launched GTA 5," and the sequel could be "unmatched in the industry"
By Kaan Serin published
News "The big and better only get bigger and better, and the mediocre go away"
A Helldivers 2 hotfix is dropping "as soon as possible" to squash a bug that's making the Meridia Major Order unnaturally difficult
By Kaan Serin published
News Dark Fluid drills are getting bashed by Terminids spawning directly under it
Former Blizzard boss says PlayStation probably can't convert PC players using single-player exclusives alone
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News "If I was PlayStation I wouldn't be afraid to [put] story-based games on Steam day one"
Compared to PS4, most PS5 owners spend 176% more on add-on content but 12% less on full games despite today's $70 prices
By Kaan Serin published
News Likely fuelled by live service spending
Astro Bot is "a new beginning" for the PS5 mascot, and Team Asobi's biggest game ever with over 80 planets to explore
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News Astro's getting the love he deserves
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
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
After 8 months and 1000 hours of work, the Dark Souls Re-Remastered mod remasters Dark Souls Remastered
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News Making the 2018 remaster look closer to the 2012 Prepare To Die Edition
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"
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News "Look at what happened when something didn’t go perfectly”
PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels
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News Hermen Hulst wants you to play Spider-Man 1 on PC, and then buy a PS5 for Spider-Man 2