Latest articles by Kaan Serin
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's GOTY pick, and not just because it features JRPG-inspired combat: "It gets all of the elements in it right"
News Naoki Hamaguchi's also a fan
With a peak of 100,000 concurrent players sending it straight into Steam's best-sellers chart, the latest indie hit is a silly physics-based co-op game about driving an RV
News RV There Yet? is another huge co-op hit
OG Halo: CE dev says the remake's changes are "like the dance remix of a classic song that skips the intro and the bridge and just thumps the chorus over and over"
News But series veteran Marcus Lehto is much more positive about Halo: Campaign Evolved
Brave genius takes on the ultimate gamer challenge: converting an elliptical "from the side of the road" into a controller and working out while playing Elden Ring
News It's like Wii Sports, but painful
Xbox exclusives are heading to Nintendo and PlayStation because Microsoft's biggest competition is "everything from TikTok to movies," not Switch 2 and PS5, Matt Booty says
News As Halo, Forza, and Gears of War make the jump
Palworld dev advises players to stop defending games online and play them instead: "Pop open Megabonk or something and just have fun"
News Truly based
Final Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"
News "Rest assured it's going well and we're working very hard on it"
"Halo is on PlayStation going forward, starting with Halo: Campaign Evolved": As Xbox's most iconic FPS hits PS5, devs hint that the days of exclusivity are over
"As the Master Chief once said: 'I think we're just getting started.'"
"This is Halo for everyone": Halo Campaign Evolved officially coming to PC, Xbox, and PS5 next year with a new 3-mission prequel arc and 4-player co-op
News Plus new/old weapons, no multiplayer, level design tweaks, and... optional sprint
Commander Shephard actor would love to return in Mass Effect 5 to play "anyone," not just FemShep – but BioWare hasn't picked up the phone
News Jennifer Hale would love to come back, and so would we
Xbox's Phil Spencer leaves it up to developers to decide if they want to use AI, and any top-down mandate "is not really a path to success"
News "On the creative side, I really leave it up to the teams"
Next-gen Xbox console will focus on "connecting all your devices in one place," Phil Spencer teases, with the handheld ROG Xbox Ally a sign of things to come
News Lining up with Sarah Bond's recent comments
Take-Two CEO calls generative AI "the future of technology" that "will increase employment," months after saying GTA 6's "creative genius is human"
News "AI is a great thing. It's a great thing for every industry."
Mario Galaxy and Astro Bot-inspired 3D platformer demolishes its Kickstarter funding goal in just 47 minutes, now smashing through multiple stretch goals
News Home Paige is set in an old school OS' recycling bin
Still embroiled in Subnautica 2 drama, PUBG and Hi-Fi Rush owner Krafton announces it's an "AI first" company now as it plans to spend $70 million on the tech
News It's sinking a lot of money into the tech to make it happen
Super Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this year
News 4:54.448 is the new Any% record
Helldivers 2 patch "marks a big step forward" for Arrowhead, which "made a bunch of changes behind the scenes" to fix over 200 bugs and finally tackle the game's performance woes
News "While new features are coming, this patch marks a big step forward: both in the game itself and in how we work to improve it"
A co-op open-world crafting game with a road trip twist is rising up the Steam charts and with 1 million wishlists already, this might be a monster at launch
News Outbound is set up for success
Simpsons: Hit & Run might be stuck in rights purgatory, but fans of the classic open-world game can dry their tears with a beautiful Futurama conversion mod
News And it even caught the attention of Hit & Run's OG lead designer
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director defends the JRPG's overlong filler, but says he’s "striking a balance" with Part 3: "Players just have too much to do and too much to play"
News Naoki Hamaguchi doesn't think certain sections were longer than needed.
Don't Starve but now you're a cute little mouse is the pitch for the hit Steam Next Fest demo that's about to give me another survival game obsession
News A perfect escape from the cold
Help, I fed the black hole in A Game About Feeding A Black Hole and now I can't stop the approaching galactic entropy of its Steam Next Fest demo
News Does what it says on the tin
Former Nintendo of America lead says leaving to help set up Sega of America is "probably the biggest mistake I ever made"
News From the NES to the Master System
