Latest articles by Kaan Serin
Former Xbox exec Major Nelson praises Valve's Steam Machine as "choice is always good," but doesn't think it should be dragged into a console war: "Not everything needs a winner or loser"
News Valve's PC/console hybrid is already being pitted against Xbox, PS5, and Switch 2
Pokemon Pokopia doubles down on its weird pseudo-post-apocalyptic setting where humans are "gone," but maybe that's a good thing as they seem better off without us
News Surprised Pikachu face
Red Dead Redemption gets a new ESRB rating for Switch 2 and current-gen consoles, hinting at another re-release for Rockstar Games' cowboy epic
News But no signs of the long-requested Red Dead Redemption 2 update
Fallout: New Vegas director and RPG maestro Josh Sawyer says it doesn't matter how good a game's writing is if the pacing is bad: "Players are going to get tired of it"
News Obsidian writers have more sway than most studios, though
Epic Games and Fortnite's billionaire boss Tim Sweeney plays devil's advocate in the Arc Raiders AI debate, argues the tech could create "an even bigger opportunity" for actors
News "When tech increases productivity, competition leads to building better games rather than employing fewer people."
The GTA 4 story is "really dark" because Rockstar's co-founder was "single and miserable" while making it: "We constantly thought we may be shut down"
News The Hot Coffee scandal did a number on Dan Houser
Mario Kart and Super Mario Maker collide in this Steam racing game where you make your own courses while driving: "I've lost hours testing my game"
News Mythic Kart Maker is a kart racer where you make the tracks
As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets snubbed at the 2026 Grammys, Assassin's Creed and Journey composer says he'd "happily trade places" with the RPG
News Austin Wintory would rather give his nomination to the French RPG
GTA 6 delay is not nearly powerful enough to kill fans' hope that somehow, somewhere, trailer 3 is coming soon: "Probably imminent"
News GTA 6 theory crafting never ends
Red Dead Redemption 2's brutal opening was supposed to be worse, but Arthur Morgan was "very, very nasty," so Rockstar Games "ended up cutting it"
News "I think the games ended up the way they were supposed to be."
Introducing the first soulslike god game: Spore and Dark Souls collide in what might be the weirdest life sim on Steam
News "Your worst enemy… is your own bad design choices."
Silent Hill 2 Remake's Xbox port release date leaked by Microsoft itself, and its imminent launch might be good news for the game's rumored Born From a Wish DLC
News The Xbox port appears to be coming out this month
"The delay for GTA doesn't change anything": Dev behind very canceled game Hytale thinks it has a better shot of resurrecting and launching before GTA 6
News We might even get Hytale before GTA 6
"I can't describe how happy this makes us": No Man's Sky celebrates Mass Effect Day with the return of Commander Shepard's ship
News Happy N7 Day
Cyberpunk 2077 devs offer support to spiralling GTA 6 fans following delay by reminding them of their RPG's infamously terrible launch
News Don't worry, Rockstar, CD Projekt Red has your back - I think
Now that Skyrim Grandma's retired, you can occupy your time watching this Minecraft Grandma who yells "die, die, die" at every zombie and skeleton in the game
News GrammaCrackers has been playing the blocky classic for about four months
GTA 6's delay reportedly had nothing to do with recent Rockstar Games firings and alleged union busting, but it could impact production further down the line
News The GTA maker was recently accused of union busting after firing over 30 employees
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead slams Square Enix's push to automate 70% of debugging with AI: "The idea that QA people can be replaced at a large scale is stupid"
News Larian's Michael Douse says QA workers "know what is good and what is bad before the audience does."
MissingNo walked so Pokemon Legends: Z-A Mega Dimensions could run, as the new DLC lets you officially go beyond the Level 100 limit for the first time in the series' 29-year history
News Thanks to the expansion's "hyperspace levels"
"Rockstar, you're disgusting": Fired GTA 6 devs protest outside studio offices after dozens of unionizing employees were accused of leaking "confidential information"
News "All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar."
Former FPS pro Shroud says Arc Raiders should win GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, even if he thinks "multiplayer gamers are the minority"
News "I've never voted for anything ever"
Square Enix's multiplatform plan is already working, but it still wants to follow up a Dragon Quest roguelike and Dissidia Final Fantasy with more mobile games based on "major IPs" and "automate 70% of QA" with AI
News The house of Final Fantasy wants to "establish a competitive advantage in game development" with AI tech
"If Gears 1 was Alien, the rest of the franchise was Aliens": Former Gears of War art director reckons the Xbox shooter franchise lost its horror edge over the years
News Gears of War: E-Day is promising to go back to those horror-ish roots
