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
The PS5 Pro specs leaked months ago, pointing to faster system memory for the console upgrade
By Kaan Serin published
News The beefed-up console is better in every way, duh
Amid Astro Bot hype, Psychonauts studio shoots down speculation that it's reviving dormant Xbox platformers like Crash or Banjo: "We want to make our games"
By Kaan Serin published
News Double Fine is still, thankfully, working on its own ideas
GTA 6 music deal blasted as "utterly unacceptable" by musician who says his band was offered just $7,500 each by Rockstar, despite GTA 5's $8.5 billion revenue
By Kaan Serin last updated
News Don't count on hearing this band around Vice City
2023's most slept-on RPG finally hits consoles, and at $5 million in sales it's a big win for a cute series that's quietly been ticking along for nearly 10 years
By Kaan Serin published
News WitchSpring R is the fastest-selling game in the series
Resident Evil and Dead Space writer's cyberpunk Metroidvania RPG has already doubled its Kickstarter goal with romance "echoing the depth" of Mass Effect
By Kaan Serin published
News And a super cool teleporting sword
Astro Bot credits hint at missing Assassin's Creed, Stellar Blade, Worms, and Rayman cameos that might come as DLC
By Kaan Serin published
News Team Asobi gives thanks to studios without any presence in the series-spanning platformer
Cozy shop management RPG "inspired by Kiki's Delivery Service, Persona 5, and Paris" is absolutely killing it on Kickstarter
By Kaan Serin published
News The Witch's Bakery already passed its initial funding goal in just two days
Blizzard's cancelled survival game Odyssey resurfaces in alleged leaks showing its fairytale "new universe"
By Kaan Serin published
News Blizzard's first new IP since Overwatch was scrapped earlier this year
Baldur's Gate 3's official mod support prompts over "a million mods installed in less than 24 hours," from new races to fresh XP cheats
By Kaan Serin published
News Patch 7 opened up a whole new can of worms
"Thank you team, we made something awesome" - Concord developers mourn the failed FPS that PlayStation pulled the plug on after just 14 days
By Kaan Serin published
News Some of them played until the very end - or at least until they had to go to bed
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth dev says minigame with half-naked "sickos" solved a development problem, even if its producers were like "what the hell is this?"
By Kaan Serin published
News Sicko Snap was more than just pure shock value
After Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 player finds new "impossible" evil ending that Larian cut from the RPG, where your Tav gets sick of it all and "peaces out" at the big finale
By Kaan Serin published
News Apathy is the greatest evil here
A Minecraft Movie trailer reminds everyone of the games' most evil moment: "Kids cried on Christmas day that we killed the pig"
By Kaan Serin published
News Minecraft: Story Mode was really something else
Astro Bot director wanted to fill a gap missing since PlayStation Studios "went from making cartoon games" to "mature, hyper-realistic games"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Crash Bandicoot to The Last of Us pipeline left a "gap"
Before even leaving early access, Space Marine 2 is already the biggest Steam debut for its developer and publisher
By Kaan Serin published
News The Warhammer 40,000 hack 'n' shooter doesn't fully launch until next week
Lord of the Rings, Borderlands, Tomb Raider, and an excellent roguelike all feature in a packed Amazon Prime Gaming month
By Kaan Serin published
News The best Borderlands included
After selling 18 million copies to players with an average 27-hour playtime, Black Myth: Wukong is still on track to outpace Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy
By Kaan Serin published
News And developer Game Science is reportedly working on an expansion
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's custom PlayStation 5 looks bulky enough to crush real life Tyranids
By Kaan Serin published
News There's only two custom Space Marine 2 PS5s in the whole world
Cult indie dev says the “AA revolution” won’t come back because publishers are chasing “a new Fortnite” and “Suicide Squad-sized bets,” that might get canceled anyway
By Kaan Serin published
News Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson worries for the future of Final Fantasy: Stranger of Paradise-sized games
Concord's imminent death prompts "infinite love" from its own developers and sympathy from industry figures: "I feel your pain"
By Kaan Serin published
News Gears of War, Marvel's Blade, and Destiny makers also show support to the failed hero shooter
Enotria devs thank Phil Spencer himself for "helping to resolve our situation" after indefinitely delaying the Soulslike's Xbox port
By Kaan Serin published
News "We are now working closely with Microsoft"
As Star Wars Outlaws 'no-loading' screens come under scrutiny, its director already reminded us that having seamless planetary flying would've been lots of work for little payoff
By Kaan Serin published
News "It was going to take us a huge amount of effort for very little payoff"
Borderlands 4 dev urges Concord studio to back up work after losing theirs to Gearbox's hero shooter flop: "I regretted not getting it while I could"
By Kaan Serin published
News Lessons learned from Battleborn
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