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
![A screenshot of Davrin seen in Dragon Age: The Veilguard's reveal trailer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bZ83BEJRMzEJfGfNrSeTy6-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "web-like" skill trees were "heavily influenced" by Final Fantasy 10 and 12's RPG progression
By Kaan Serin published
News The Sphere Grid and License Board provided inspiration for BioWare's next romp
![Destiny 2 The Final Shape art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cSAWXeh2nEra7VsVrJPLNP-320-80.jpg)
Destiny 2: The Final Shape debuts as 2024's best-rated game, beating Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Balatro
By Kaan Serin published
News Bungie closes a 10-year-saga in style
![Sea of Thieves](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rf8xG8PPmYtpUmi5PyaY6c-320-80.jpg)
Xbox's big multiplatform olive branch Sea of Thieves was last month's most-downloaded PS5 game
By Kaan Serin published
News Xbox's Minecraft topped the PS4 charts
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TtK5U2vSbELVszGXen73QH-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows will reportedly launch from the Animus Hub, previously known as Assassin's Creed Infinity
By Kaan Serin published
News A platform from which other Assassin's Creed games will launch
![Diablo 4 Mother's Blessing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PegWNAxnVT9wmHYJda6SaP-320-80.jpg)
Diablo 4 tried to repackage Diablo 2's grind for the modern era, but series overseer Rod Fergusson says the "consumptive nature of a live service" made it unfeasible
By Kaan Serin published
News Rod Fergusson explains players have changed in the two decades since
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G7bvH5ERT8GufsVuAWEPQ3-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Baldur's Gate 3-style romance has "limits," says series' former lead writer, but "if they unapologetically lean into it as BG3 did it should be fine"
By Kaan Serin published
News You can romance all of Veilguard's companions
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nqATffmpQ8D2gthSbrzdm6-320-80.jpg)
Unphased by promises of a new Stratagem, Helldivers 2 players are rallying to save the children in the current Major Order
By Kaan Serin published
News Due to a sense of honor or the hopes of a secret reward?
![Marcus and Dom look battered in a screenshot from the Gears of War: E-Day trailer, with Gamesradar's Summer Preview border.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v8dhXRCavAsauAETMnaxS7-320-80.jpg)
Diablo boss and Gears veteran reckons now is the "perfect time" for Gears of War: E-Day because the team couldn't "do it justice" on Xbox 360
By Kaan Serin published
News Rod Fergusson "didn't feel like the technology could really render" the prequel's large-scale destruction
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QsTG7ZXdxRxjjSRkcJsriC-320-80.jpg)
After unleashing 100 changes, Helldivers 2 boss says the team is still looking into more Stratagem improvements: "We are not done"
By Kaan Serin published
News The eternal fight to balance
![Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago look up, covered in shadows, in the announcement trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtY35Gszn7mm8Dvb23aoNJ-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day gets co-creator CliffyB's seal of approval as the prequel "gives the people what they want"
By Kaan Serin published
News The nostalgic trailer gave Cliff Bleszinski "chills"
![Assassin's Creed Shadows](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnb3JP5zVvceZNaHBDJdEh-320-80.jpg)
Following historical error complaints, Assassin's Creed Shadows director promises the trailer's architectural inaccuracies will be ironed out for the RPG's launch
By Kaan Serin published
News No more square-shaped mats
![Doom: The Dark Ages What's Hot image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZfmP5r6rJoyt6Ztvt7mMBR-320-80.jpg)
Doom: The Dark Ages' chainsaw-shield sounds like the most metal weapon since Gears of War's Lancer, and thankfully, it's equipped "at all times"
By Kaan Serin published
News Shield in your left hand, skull-crushing guns in your right
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tZ7BpVUddSkckMeKwooQfc-320-80.jpg)
As Helldivers 2 makes players choose between saving children and a new Stratagem, Arrowhead looks to give "alive and scheming" GM Joel an equally nefarious partner
By Kaan Serin published
News Even more chaos ahead
![Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZYUEpTA6Du9xEER4MnRAXh-320-80.jpg)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is "now entering full production" after rebooting development last year
By Kaan Serin published
News A long time coming
![A candle in the trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake (2026)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PoQfGYvMVBxNWoe8fWzZBK-320-80.png)
Ubisoft drops magical hourglass, announces 2026 release for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
By Kaan Serin published
News Coming out six years after its first release date
![Destiny 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sTJTZRdm5GRTN6TrCTfpa7-320-80.jpg)
What's next for Destiny 2 after The Final Shape? Bungie teases Year 11 with Codename: Frontiers
By Kaan Serin published
News Plus, new details on the upcoming Episodes
![State of Decay 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FvoMrFiDr7hsFnG7GRHh9D-320-80.jpg)
The Gears of War and Avowed studios are teaming up to help State of Decay 3's "much larger, truly shared open world"
By Kaan Serin published
News Collaborating with Undead Labs to loosen the leash on State of Decay 2's tethered co-op
![Dragon Age The Veilguard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pQ8hVAdqSmSTjdQQJkgW5E-320-80.jpg)
As Dragon Age: The Veilguard's bold new tone gets bashed by fans, the RPG's original co-creator explains trailers are always mismatched, "so that doesn't mean much"
By Kaan Serin published
News Veilguard is seemingly ditching the bloodier, dark fantasy stylings of Origins
![Marcus Fenix and a Locust grenadier go head-to-head in the trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zemp6QEmxkV7eGwP2ZFM3m-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day's gorgeous trailer wasn't just CG, it used assets "that players will see in the final game"
By Kaan Serin published
News Unreal Engine 5 assets that'll make it into the finished game
![Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zRULUn3FQcFbayuefYdz6a-320-80.jpg)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's "texture streaming" requires "a continuous internet connection," even in the campaign
By Kaan Serin published
News Activision says the 300GB install would be even bigger without the always-online requirement
![Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago look up, covered in shadows, in the announcement trailer for Gears of War: E-Day](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtY35Gszn7mm8Dvb23aoNJ-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day is rewinding the clocks, but The Coalition hints it still has eyes on Gears 6: "We're not retreating from that storyline in any way"
By Kaan Serin published
News Kait Diaz's story will continue, fingers crossed
![Naoe and Yasuke walk in the sunset in a screenshot from Assassin's Creed Shadows](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hwneiFwdb4teFFqCvy7ATC-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows' Naoe recalls the series' stealthier, RPG-less roots with a hidden blade, hood, and an awesome grapple
By Kaan Serin published
News Ezio would be proud
![First-person shot of Joanna Dark shooting enemies in the Perfect Dark reboot trailer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GweY3iEJVHc7DNgHgLNYS7-320-80.jpg)
The Perfect Dark reboot suddenly resurfaces, and now somehow looks like a Deus Ex game with "elements of first-person shooters, immersive sims, and stealth-action"
By Kaan Serin published
News Agent Joanna Dark looks quite different after going MIA for two decades