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

Marvel Rivals dev defends nerfs, says "only a fraction of mechanically flawless players" could use Captain America
By Kaan Serin published
News Steve Rogers can't do this all day

Marathon streamer goes viral for finding a high school bestfriend in proximity chat after 10 years
By Kaan Serin published
News "I've never seen something like this happen before. "

Valve thinks reloading in Counter-Strike 2 needed "higher stakes" after 27 years, so leftover ammo is getting dumped
By Kaan Serin published
News Instead of being "dumped back into an essentially endless reserve supply"

Crimson Desert's Metacritic score sinks Pearl Abyss share prices by 30% over the cardinal sin of being perfectly fine
By Kaan Serin published
News Before the maximalist RPG's official launch

Creator of acclaimed retro-style RPG Chained Echoes prepares a lawsuit against physical game publisher
By Kaan Serin published
News One of the best J-inspired RPGs is having some trouble

"Palworld is going to be the survival crafting game everyone always wanted" after 1.0, says Pocketpair publishing lead
By Kaan Serin published
News Palworld 1.0 is still "top secret," but it'll have something for everyone

Ghost of Yotei devs "really enjoy watching people die" to superboss Takezo the Unrivaled, but know you loathe him
By Kaan Serin published
News Sucker Punch "wanted to stretch ourselves and our players"

"If I told you, I'd have to kill you": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer is tight-lipped about the RPG series' future
By Kaan Serin published
News Jennifer Svedberg-Yen "cannot keep a secret," but she's making an exception this one time

Dragon Age 2 lead says "if some people are ambivalent" about the RPG's characters, "I guess I didn't really do my job"
By Kaan Serin published
News Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider got the job done

Marvel Rivals devs are careful with balancing because "you have a vocal minority screaming the loudest"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Someone figured out all you have to do is just jump"

Bethesda will have "more to share next week" on Starfield as Todd Howard waves away claims he's a "visionary"
By Kaan Serin published
News New updates and a PS5 port have been rumored for months

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer says picking an ending is like choosing a "favorite child" - "They are a pair"
By Kaan Serin published
News "And the question we want to ask is, in the end, whose happiness do we prioritize?"

Palworld publishing lead is "more determined than ever" to make things "a little less sh*t" for struggling devs
By Kaan Serin published
News Pocketpair Publishing boss says you can't imagine the number of game devs that need help

Starfield composer has "no doubt" Bethesda's RPG will eventually "be legendary," but "people were just not ready"
By Kaan Serin published
News As rumors of a big Starfield update continue to swirl

Pokemon Pokopia players hope its messy storage system can copy Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0 in a future update
By Kaan Serin published
News "I want a new storage box that is universal and crosses worlds"

Crimson Desert locks down early physical copies to block spoilers, but some call it a "slippery slope" for preservation
By Kaan Serin published
News The open-world game's discs won't work until its official release date

Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks his generation of directors has "a lot of weirdos" and "oddballs," himself included
By Kaan Serin published
News But those oddball qualities could make for better game directors

"We're 2 different beasts": Studio behind CRPG Solasta 2 bought their team copies of Baldur's Gate 3 and they "love" it
By Kaan Serin published
News "Our combat is very interesting and deep and gritty"

"A lot of games would be canceled": Arc Raiders lead recalls cutting all but 25 people in "desperation"
By Kaan Serin published
News "We agreed that this game deserved another try"

Blizzard's canceled WoW follow-up was a "1 server, 1 world" MMO with GTA and Animal Crossing influences, ex dev says
By Kaan Serin published
News Project Titan was a "gargantuan, huge undertaking" that eventually paved the way for Overwatch

Palworld devs are "happy to hand the IP over" to the right studio for a spin-off but draw the line at "Palworld Balatro"
By Kaan Serin published
News Pocketpair draws the line at "Palworld Expedition 33"

Overwatch co-creator says he left Blizzard after an exec threatened to lay off 1000 devs based on the game's performance
By Kaan Serin published
News Jeff Kaplan remembers "that was the biggest f**k you moment I had in my career"

Slay the Spire 2 dev "totally blown away" as the roguelike hits 573,000 Steam players: "We'll getcha one day Silksong"
By Kaan Serin published
News Almost there
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