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
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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
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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?
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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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Square Enix points to Tifa and this $2,600 Nier Automata 2B statue for driving its "strong" merch sales - and I need to know how many of you bought it
By Kaan Serin published
News Square Enix unlocked the infinite money cheat with 2B's iconic design
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Football Manager 2025 canceled as the developers didn't want to release an unfinished game and fix things "down the line"
By Kaan Serin published
News Sports Interactive is instead focusing on the next game in the series
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PlayStation DMCAs Nightmare Kart creator's Bloodborne PS1 Demake right after she announces new DLC for the gothic racer
By Kaan Serin published
News Sony's been taking down many a Bloodborne project lately
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This action game's Zelda dungeons and Persona-style friendships stole my heart last year, and it's coming to PlayStation next month
By Kaan Serin published
News Dungeons of Hinterberg makes the trip over from Xbox and PC
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Metal Gear Solid 3 remake release date leaked by PlayStation, alongside a silly Ape Escape mode returning from the PS2 days
By Kaan Serin published
News Snake vs. Monkey isn't as random as you might think at first, and you'll be able to try it on August 28
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Avowed director confirms the game follows The Outer Worlds' lead to skip New Game Plus, but DLC is still a "maybe"
By Kaan Serin published
News Anything's possible with post-launch support
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The Resident Evil deathmatch game that flopped is going offline as Capcom says it's "served its original, celebratory purpose admirably"
By Kaan Serin published
News Resident Evil Re:Verse is being pulled from digital storefronts next month before it becomes unplayable this summer
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Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives are still "very important" despite ongoing support for Switch 1, company president says
By Kaan Serin published
News Pokemon Legends Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond are still coming out on the OG Switch
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sells 1 million copies in its first 24 hours, and Metacritic clocks it as the highest-rated game of 2025 so far
By Kaan Serin published
News A strong start for Warhorse Studios' RPG sequel
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Nintendo Switch 2 price will match the "affordability that our customers expect," company president promises – and I'm personally expecting $400 or so
By Kaan Serin published
News A sweet middle ground?
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Months after ruling out an Apex Legends 2, EA CEO says "an even bigger, more meaningful" Apex 2.0 is on the table after Battlefield 6
By Kaan Serin published
News "A more meaningful update of Apex as a broad game experience" won't come before Battlefield 6, though
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 pays tribute to Elden Ring icon Let Me Solo Her - and the legend himself thinks the Easter egg is "awesome"
By Kaan Serin published
News After killing Malenia hundreds of times, 15th century Bohemia was just too much to handle
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With GTA 6, Borderlands 4, and Doom coming this year, EA isn't opposed to delaying Battlefield 6 to "deliver on the full promise of what Battlefield can be"
By Kaan Serin published
News EA thinks the next 12 months will be more competitive than most years
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If The Sims re-release isn't to your liking, this lovely life sim that lives on the bottom of your screen might fill the void
By Kaan Serin published
News 93% of Steam reviews are positive for My Little Life
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Two friends spent years making this open-world road trip RPG that's gotten over 170k Steam wishlists and 70k demo downloads, and it's finally out this week
By Kaan Serin published
News Keep Driving is reaching its final destination this week
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Civilization 7 director tweaked diplomacy because the entire design team "ganged up" on him in multiplayer
By Kaan Serin published
News Civ 7 was changed for the better because of a traitorous multiplayer match
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Former GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 animator says GTA 6 is likely playable "all the way through" right now
By Kaan Serin published
News "I would assume that the game's probably playable now, and a bunch of people are testing the whole thing all the way through"
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This cozy farming sim is just a sleepy frog that idly grinds on your desktop all day - and it's the best $4 I've spent in ages
By Kaan Serin published
News Ropuka's Idle Island keeps you company while you do other IRL stuff
![A logo for Absurdaverse, the new game from Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures, with massive cast of modern-fantasy characters lined up behind it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UaywEKYsiJe2qrTwSfbyV-320-80.jpg)
Rockstar Games co-founder and GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 writer Dan Houser's new studio shows off its "story-driven action-comedy"
By Kaan Serin published
News A first look at Absurdaverse
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Gearbox didn't set out to create an open-world game with Borderlands 4, but the FPS does have "open-world-like features, such as seamless travel between zones"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Borderlands games have always had, to a degree, a more open, explore-the-world-around-you feeling"
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