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
![Marvel Rivals](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iu24eSdcc23nhPncJThFPN-320-80.jpg)
Former Blizzard president reckons Marvel Rivals has too much in common with Overwatch, comparing it to a viral Horizon Zero Dawn lookalike others called "shameless"
By Kaan Serin published
News Mike Ybarra doesn't seem too excited about the new hero shooter
![GTA 6](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XoSWNN9JrGaGZ8gxaXPT5W-320-80.png)
Former PlayStation boss says exploding AAA budgets squeeze out creativity as the "finance guys" hunt for their own GTA and find a "lot of copycats, a lot of sequels"
By Kaan Serin published
News "'Give me GTA 7, because I know how to plot that course.'"
![Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Iron Man and the Hulk in the upcoming PS5 game, Marvel Rivals.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EHWoguDCUqhimXTLjM9W4Y-320-80.jpg)
Marvel Rivals' microtransactions might be even stingier than Overwatch 2 as streamers show off its in-game store featuring MCU skins
By Kaan Serin published
News If the new hero shooter uses the genre's usual $1=100 coins exchange rate
![Monster Hunter Wilds beta and trailer screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sAjM8qk84JP5ELmTMoKBV7-320-80.jpg)
Monster Hunter Wilds' new boss won't let you gang up on it in co-op - you'll instead need "new ways of playing" to squash the spider-like foe
By Kaan Serin published
News Lala Barina isn't letting co-op teams rest on their laurels
![Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qEUuDJ4U7LirXijbmef5TG-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth shippers waited 27 years to see Cloud kiss Tifa, but the team only added it because they wanted "something more" than a hug
By Kaan Serin published
News Naoki Hamaguchi breaks down the shocking Gold Saucer smooch
![Two Helldivers pull a classic fart gag](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RjAwHHpxTQ4h28ZMgFQ6i4-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2's director can't believe its music hasn't won more GOTY awards, but the shooter's composer is happy because he had almost quit games forever
By Kaan Serin published
News "What I thought was impossible came true."
![Metal Gear Solid 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xdh7GoyyxrNuvNazbGcXic-320-80.jpg)
Hideo Kojima confesses that Metal Gear Solid 2's motion capture was done using "trial and error" 25 years ago
By Kaan Serin published
News "But every day felt fresh and exciting"
![Avowed screenshot of companion Kai fighting a lizard-like creature with a sword](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oPHgPsfbfWyTQAEcpsuHbA-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian's new first-person RPG Avowed channels Baldur's Gate 3 in one key way: "The core of RPGs that makes them special is missable content"
By Kaan Serin published
News "It makes your experience feel more personal to you."
![Elder Scrolls Online](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jX9BYksajZqSKZ7ehEmNmk-320-80.jpg)
Borderlands 3 and The Elder Scrolls Online director says AAA game studios are playing it safe since "you have people who get nervous because big money is involved"
By Kaan Serin published
News "You're getting people who don't need to be a part of the creative process explaining how the creative process works."
![Concept art for Dreams on a Pillow showing a side-on image of a woman walking through Palestinian streets.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SHtXL8ms4vUXDRw8VdNgbS-320-80.jpg)
A veteran Palestinian developer living under occupation is crowdfunding a "pseudo-3D stealth" game to "share the catastrophe that has haunted generations"
By Kaan Serin published
News Dreams on a Pillow tells the story of the 1948 Nakba
![The Witcher 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DRURQWdvhM4JNeKWxtQNdi-320-80.jpg)
After Cyberpunk 2077's rocky launch, The Witcher 4 CEO acknowledges the biggest myth in gamedev is a lie: "There's no magic"
By Kaan Serin published
News "There's only hard work and making sure you stay on the right course"
![Pillars of Eternity](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PYTuRJRvSkFGizHYxi2NPE-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian's Josh Sawyer thought Pillars of Eternity's Kickstarter had a 50% chance of failing, only for the RPG to be fully funded within 27 hours
By Kaan Serin published
News "Other people at the studio were also like 'are we really not going to do this?'"
![Vi in Arcane season 1](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F4vFtFVYopC7gDZcCrNuHm-320-80.jpg)
Arcane writer says they've been sitting on the show's final scenes, mostly unchanged, for 6 years: "We always kind of knew where we were going"
By Kaan Serin published
News Amanda Overton says "that Vi-Jinx scene, the very last scene between them, is nearly the same as when we wrote it six years ago."
![Screenshot of Dragon Sword, showing a group of characters staring up at an imposing dragon floating against a moonlit sky.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uZysNDd6Xwo2U8vJSdcpMU-320-80.jpg)
New Genshin Impact-style dragon-riding RPG borrows from The Legend of Zelda's "freedom of movement" to let you fly across its entire open world
By Kaan Serin published
News Dragon Sword will soar onto PC and mobile when it's ready
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot featuring one possible male Rook](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CrMBmPWn9mpwFxaAYVWgPQ-320-80.png)
Despite playing the hero in BioWare's latest, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's lead actor loved being evil in Star Wars KOTOR: "That feeling of power, it's seductive"
By Kaan Serin published
News Another BioWare RPG inspired the star of the studio's latest game
![A character in Terraria dressed in armour and holding a torch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ka6DCuz2cZUwT8FHhXTC7U-320-80.jpg)
Terraria developer says "there is no way" its sixth final update comes out before 2025 because it's "committed to being a quality-first studio"
By Kaan Serin published
News Re-Logic reckons Terraria 1.4.5 will be "well worth" the wait, though
![Valorant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NLL3uVqcBV2QQir5YFZfkQ-320-80.jpg)
Riot Games cracks down on Valorant and League of Legends streamers who promote boosting, smurfing, and buying accounts
By Kaan Serin published
News Riot "may suspend access" for anyone taking sponsorships from boosting websites
![Elden Ring screenshot showing Ranni, a young woman with pale ice-y blue skin and a large brimmed witch-like hat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vu9TP87krHb5eh4Cmd8qzC-320-80.jpg)
Acquiring the parent company of Elden Ring and Dark Souls creator FromSoftware outright might be too expensive for Sony, Japanese analysts say
By Kaan Serin published
News Sony is reportedly only interested in Kadokawa's anime and video game divisions
![Victoria Neuman and Homelander in The Boys season 4 episode 8](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fdP2P9XgTQzgCKRX5wLXB4-320-80.jpg)
The Boys showrunner wasn't "designing it to reflect reality," but the world became bonkers and started "to reflect the show"
By Kaan Serin published
News Eric Kripke says "the world changed to reflect the show," not the other way around
![Half-Life 2 key art.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LU3bWemGagLAKNPrvehzSS-320-80.jpg)
Half-Life 2's anniversary update broke a simple speedrunning strat that was in use for 20 years, so Valve has now fixed the 'fix' in a new patch
By Kaan Serin published
News The 20th anniversary update included some annoying changes for speedrunners
![GTA 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bhsRfKUH66XNKRu47XTxgc-320-80.jpg)
One GTA 3 veteran hid cheats in the code to stop hackers from finding them at launch, but his clever little trick accidentally tripped up speedrunners
By Kaan Serin published
News A lot can go wrong when you're tapping away at lightspeed
![Borderlands 4 Bandit mask](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bp7kCBqYsKRh2VbmgYrd-320-80.jpg)
Gearbox was "honored" to invite a terminally ill fan to play Borderlands 4 early: "His courage, strength, and determination are an inspiration to us all"
By Kaan Serin published
News And it's "deeply thankful" to the community for helping it happen
![Bloodborne](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hH6Fn5kUuz4UtnEDeBgCfc-320-80.jpg)
Bloodborne servers will undergo maintenance on the same day as a potential PlayStation tease, so surely nothing bad will happen this time, right?
By Kaan Serin published
News December 3 might be the day remaster hopefuls have been waiting for, but don't bet on it
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