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

Overwatch 2 director thinks "competition is healthy" in the hero shooter space, but says the FPS' new features aren't "a response to Marvel Rivals"
By Kaan Serin published
News "It does force people to innovate more and to always be putting your best foot forward"

Giving that Elden Ring co-op modder a run for their money, there's now a Yakuza 5 mod that lets you play with a friend or AI-controlled Ichiban
By Kaan Serin published
News The Intertwined Fates mod has Kiryu and Ichiban team up slightly earlier

As GTA 6 and Ghost of Yotei approach, Assassin's Creed veteran says good open-world games are slapstick: "You're just setting up the opportunity for jokes"
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News

Far Cry 4 lead reveals a cut idea for enemy camps that would have completely changed the story: "I think that's where the fun of the whole genre might lie"
By Kaan Serin published
News Alex Hutchinson says the devs toyed around with letting players give enemy camps back to Pagan Min

27 years later, this uncanny "Hero of Law" mod makes The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time the game it was always meant to be: Ace Attorney
By Kaan Serin published
News Objection!

No wonder Superman took so long – director James Gunn was as obsessed with Balatro as the rest of us: "I pretty much just catch up on work and read and play Balatro"
By Kaan Serin published
News The global enemy of productivity has come for DC Studios

With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in the rear view, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says a turn-based Final Fantasy could sell over 10 million copies: "There's clearly the audience"
By Kaan Serin published
News To turn the base or not to base turns, that is the question

Overwatch 2 director says the FPS "dropped the ball when it comes to story," but wants those sick animated shorts to make a comeback and "would love" a TV show
By Kaan Serin published
News Aaron Keller agrees, more animated content is exactly what OW needs

Ghost of Yotei collaborates with Cowboy Bebop director for a mode that makes exploring Japan extra chill, while another cranks up the bloodshed even further
By Kaan Serin published
News Shinichiro Watanabe directed original tracks to stab and chill to, and they might just serve as an ode to a lo-fi pioneer

OG Subnautica director is suing parent company Krafton after leadership changes: "Subnautica has been my life's work and I would never willingly abandon it"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Suing a multi-billion dollar company in a painful, public and possibly protracted way was certainly not on my bucket list"

Donkey Kong Bananza started as a Switch 1 game, but bringing it to Switch 2 enabled "very large scale" destruction Nintendo couldn't pull off before
By Kaan Serin published
News Director Kazuya Takahashi was also really into the console's mouse controls

The Last of Us Online lead and Uncharted veteran is opening a new studio in Japan after 10 years at PlayStation's Naughty Dog
By Kaan Serin published
News More than a year after the multiplayer spin-off's cancelation

Dragon Age and Ghost of Yotei star is probably more excited for today's State of Play than you are – the actor's logged 80 hours to 100% Ghost of Tsushima
By Kaan Serin published
News We're getting 20 minutes of new footage from the sequel later today

The Expanse RPG is taking "great inspiration" from Mass Effect with romance, deep choices, and third-person combat: "It's an iconic game"
By Kaan Serin published
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn developers at Owlcat Games grew up on the BioWare series

An Arkane Studios AAA game entered production at the end of 2024, meaning Marvel's Blade might not be as far along as we all hoped
By Kaan Serin published
News Stand down, Dishonored fans

Former PlayStation boss says $200 million AAA budgets mean publishers greenlight fewer games: "Something that has to be done"
By Kaan Serin published
News Shuhei Yoshida says "going big was safer" during the PS4 generation

Nintendo employed "so many incredible people," even a legendary Star Fox and Zelda dev had an "inferiority complex" during his 32-year stay at the company
By Kaan Serin published
News Tingle creator Takaya Imamura gets real

Ingenious Tears of the Kingdom player spends 3 glitchy hours bringing Purah, Paya, and a fake Zelda from across the map all for the perfect photo for Link's wall
By Kaan Serin published
News And it worked surprisingly well

Dishonored and Prey studio founder thinks Xbox Game Pass "is an unsustainable model" that's been "damaging the industry for a decade"
By Kaan Serin published
News Arkane's founder reckons the service will "either kill everyone else, or give up"

With Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, hopium for a Halo crossover is at an all-time high even if some divers are really against the idea
By Kaan Serin published
News ODSTs are probably more likely than Master Chief himself, though

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 is officially happening with CDPR and Studio Trigger back for the "standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077"
By Kaan Serin published
News It'll also be on Netflix

Despite layoffs at Xbox's Rare, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Spyro remake devs are reportedly among the studios "really interested" in a new Banjo-Kazooie game
By Kaan Serin published
News And they're apparently "being listened to"

Marvel Rivals has thousands of comic book characters to choose from, so the devs are taking notes from player feedback: "We consider these votes to be highly valuable"
By Kaan Serin published
News Your fave might not be too far behind
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