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

World of Warcraft was a "savior" for the creator of Journey
By Kaan Serin Published
News "So why isn't there an online game where you’re not judged by your skin, your accent, your age, your gender?"

Ex-Bungie legal chief says the Destiny 2 studio's "now becoming what I feared after the Sony acquisition"
By Kaan Serin Published
News "I wish I could have done more to keep it alive"

Forza Horizon 6 has its own community villain in the form of a driver that's griefing everyone across Japan
By Kaan Serin Published
News Forza's very own, evil version of Let Me Solo Her

Crying over Final Fantasy 10 was one of the moments that inspired the creator of a PS3 classic to make games
By Kaan Serin Published
News Tidus would've loved Journey

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is "definitely a remake," Ubisoft says, but remains really faithful
By Kaan Serin Published
News "The game is a love letter to the original."

Paralives roadmap promises pets, seasons, and potentially murderous pools during the life sim's early access
By Kaan Serin Published
News The oldest (and deadliest) trick in The Sims playbook

Subnautica 2 hotfix makes silver more common early on and stops Hammerheads from following players all the way home
By Kaan Serin Published
News Unknown Worlds is now working on "creature balance and overall graphics performance"

Helldivers 2 recruits PlayStation PC port studio for "opening salvo in an ongoing campaign to improve performance"
By Kaan Serin Published
News Fixing unstable foundations

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced director says Demond's story isn't "really the question that's being asked today"
By Kaan Serin Published
News "We knew that what we wanted to do was continue what's been starting to be told with Shadows"

Deep Rock Galactic roguelike spin-off launches to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews
By Kaan Serin Published
News Rock and stone and incremental upgrades

Capcom says generative AI "still cannot match" the devs who make Resident Evil and Monster Hunter
By Kaan Serin Published
News Capcom's Shinichi Inoue says it cuts down on routine work

Subnautica 2 exec is tired of Balatro-likes, says devs pitched "maybe 250 roguelike deckbuilders in the last 12 months"
By Kaan Serin Published
News Gaming trends are just getting shorter

"We learned our lesson": The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 won't repeat the development mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR say
By Kaan Serin Published
News "The future looks really promising for us"

As Halo and Forza Horizon 6 prepare to jump ship, Xbox fans use new voting tool to tell Microsoft they want exclusives
By Kaan Serin Published
News Xbox Player Voice is live, and exclusives top the list

Arc Raiders turns to Denuvo to finally fix the game's cheating problem, but Embark won't use DRM
By Kaan Serin Published
News Borrowing from The Finals

Final Fantasy 6 creator Hironobu Sakaguchi responds to backlash after shouting out an AI remake
By Kaan Serin Published
News As he animates Lost Odyssey concept art

Borderlands' last-minute art style change cost the company $50 million, Take-Two CEO says
By Kaan Serin Published
News "It was insane"

Mixtape devs say it won't ever be removed from sale due to expiring music licenses: "That was a lie"
By Kaan Serin Published
News Beethoven and Dinosaur paid for song rights in perpetuity

Forza Horizon 6 reportedly has more than 1 million players, despite still being locked behind a $120 Premium Edition
By Kaan Serin Published
News The Standard Edition and Game Pass release aren't even out yet

As Terraria sells 70 million copies, devs are done with promising final updates and say they'll "continue beyond 1.4.6"
By Kaan Serin Published
News Devs can "keep expanding upon Terraria, without having to fall back to price increases or microtransactions"

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 director calls it the "best Sonic movie yet" as filming officially wraps
By Kaan Serin Published
News Plus a new look at Metal Sonic

Crimson Desert Kliff actor says video game acting wasn't treated as "proper acting" by peers
By Kaan Serin Published
News Video game acting didn't always get a lot of respect, Alec Newman says

Subnautica 2 devs are trying to push players towards non-violence in the sequel: "We feel strongly about it"
By Kaan Serin Published
News "It's a core tenant of the Subnautica franchise."
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