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

NSFW Stellar Blade mods have well over 1 million downloads, but the director's favorite mod is actually a surprisingly wholesome one
By Kaan Serin published
News Now excuse me while I scrub my eyes

As Cyberpunk 2077 tops Switch 2 sales charts, one analyst says divisive game-key cards "aren’t a major issue" for most gamers and a Baldur's Gate 3 dev agrees
By Kaan Serin published
News "So many people are taking Cyberpunk 2077 at #1 to mean that no one is buying game key cards, but that's not the full story."

The Blood of Dawnwalker takes major inspiration from Zelda: Breath of the Wild with a main quest you can tackle at almost any point
By Kaan Serin published
News You can storm the big castle even before you're ready to do so

The Witcher 3 veteran's vampire RPG shows off how dramatically different one quest can turn out: "Coen may be a human during the day, but he turns into a vampire at night"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Blood of Dawnwalker's quests can play out very differently depending on when you approach them

The most farm sim-looking farm sim I've seen all year just dropped, and it's unsurprisingly an instant hit on Steam with 3,000 glowing reviews after 3 days
By Kaan Serin published
News Farm Together 2 is off to a strong start

Splitgate 2 studio lays off "small group" of developers, while its co-founders aren't taking salaries "as we lock in to deliver the next phase" of the troubled FPS
By Kaan Serin published
News A tough time for 1047 Games

Sega accidentally reveals sales data on everything from Sonic to Yakuza, but with 7.25 million copies sold, I wouldn't move on from Persona 5 Royal either
By Kaan Serin published
News Persona 6 has big shoes to fill

"This is almost 5 years here of my life": Sequel to early internet sim Hypnospace Outlaw, one of the best adventure games of the decade, has been cancelled
By Kaan Serin published
News Dreamsettler isn't going ahead

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players discover Switch 2-exclusive exploit that lets you summon horses, Ganon, and an infinite herd of un-pettable dogs
By Kaan Serin published
News Please, Nintendo, let me pet the doggos

Final Fantasy Tactics devs tried to match its director's cult strategy RPG for scale, but admitted defeat because they wanted the PS1 game to run at 60fps even more
By Kaan Serin published
News Sacrifices were made at SquareSoft

Battlefield 6 dataminer shows evidence the FPS is bringing back 2 series mainstays: a dam-busting campaign mission and a battle royale mode
By Kaan Serin published
News An Oversight feature will also reportedly let players stay in the action even after dying

Metroid Prime 4 is "Out Now," a London Underground ad cruelly claims, but I wouldn't rush to the Switch 2 eShop just yet
By Kaan Serin published
News The next stop is... Viewros?

Palworld's big Terraria collab is coming next week, letting you "capture, train, fight, and work monsters" from the survival game "just like Pals"
By Kaan Serin published
News Tides of Terraria brings new islands, Pals, and more

MIA open-world D&D RPG leaks, and if you squint hard enough, it looks just like Dungeons and Dragon Age 5 with a hint of Baldur's Gate 3
By Kaan Serin published
News Temu Baldur's Gate 4

Marvel Rivals fans think Blade is finally coming in Season 3 as the vampire hunter is no longer napping away in a spawn room
By Kaan Serin published
News He's been resting up since Season 1

5 years ago, this $5 PS1-style horror game went viral for turning retail work into even more of a hellscape, and it's finally releasing on Steam next month
By Kaan Serin published
News Night of the Consumers is finally, properly coming out

Mario Kart World reportedly had almost double the amount of developers as Mario Kart 8, with the Switch 2 game's art team almost tripling
By Kaan Serin published
News A big open world necessitates a big team, I guess

Borderlands 4's $70 price is "extremely unlikely" to have been influenced by backlash to Randy Pitchford's "real fan" comment, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says, even if he thought it was "gross"
By Kaan Serin published
News $70 is just a cheaper entry point for a co-op game

If collecting fish in Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, or Dave the Diver consumed your life, this new fishing RPG might be perfect for you
By Kaan Serin published
News It's a nice day for Nice Day for Fishing

Years before becoming The Witcher 4's narrative director, Philipp Weber's first job at CDPR was spending days throwing quest ideas into a GDoc for The Witcher 3
By Kaan Serin published
News Things were "a little bit vibe-based"

After almost 15 years, Minecraft's massive visual overhaul comes this month with over 3,000 lush new textures: "We didn't want to take away from what makes Minecraft Minecraft"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Vibrant Visuals update is gorgeous

While streaming Red Dead Redemption, John Marston's actor teases "exciting news" coming this week and he "cannot wait for you to know what's going on"
By Kaan Serin published
News Whatever it is, it's been on Rob Wiethoff's mind, "especially playing this game"

"Suddenly a lot of people who loved Skyrim started paying attention to The Witcher 3": CDPR says an old E3 demo was a turning point for its defining RPG
By Kaan Serin published
News A whole new world
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