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

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director would love to work on "something completely new" after a decade of FF7, but if he had to choose another remake it would be Final Fantasy 6
By Kaan Serin published
News It's also Naoki Hamaguchi's favorite mainline Final Fantasy JRPG

Undertale's 10th anniversary stream included new areas and changes to the original RPG that might just connect it to Deltarune even more, and fans are freaking out
By Kaan Serin published
News Show yourself, Gaster

Phantom Blade Zero bosses might normally have "Soulslike elements," but on harder difficulties, their AI borrows from fighting games: "He will analyze the situation"
By Kaan Serin published
News PBZ devs "tried to borrow a concept from fighting games and incorporate it into his AI"

Hitman and 007: First Light developers know their James Bond gadgets need to be "more than just gimmicks"
By Kaan Serin published
News IOI Interactive wants players to have lots of options

Nier creator Yoko Taro says "I don't really have any regrets" about his work, but "never felt like I carried out anything completely"
By Kaan Serin published
News As he compares his game dev process to clay making

Hideo Kojima didn't actually respond to Death Stranding 2 fan feedback by "deliberately" making it weirder, he only made it "more playable and fun"
By Kaan Serin published
News Surprise, surprise

Helldivers 2 fans fear General Brasch might be dead as an in-game transmission announces "the last surviving hero of the First Galactic War has passed away at 103"
By Kaan Serin published
News The maths isn't quite adding up, though

2XKO director wants to rub shoulders with giants like Street Fighter, but the League of Legends fighting game has "got to earn that spot"
By Kaan Serin published
News We'll see how it fares by the time EVO 2026 rolls around

When making Nier Automata, Yoko Taro "aimed for a story I'd have trouble grasping myself" and "attempted to make something more confusing" than Replicant
By Kaan Serin published
News Nierly there

Overwatch 2 removes Tracer from Stadium's hero pool 2 days after adding her, all thanks to a time-jumping exploit that made her a bit too lore accurate and almost impossible to kill
By Kaan Serin published
News The Cavalry's here (or is it?)

Battlefield 6 devs have a big button that blows up everything on a map, but it isn't just for fun – DICE uses it to make sure maps are fun in all "3 different states" of destruction
By Kaan Serin published
News The hidden Levolution

"I think this is the future that games are holding for us": Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks tech advancements like "AI's generative capabilities" will see game interactivity "evolve into fulfilling what the players want"
By Kaan Serin published
News "I want the game to ultimately belong to the players"

As Borderlands 4 gets a PC performance-improving patch, creative director promises there's "more in the pipe" and "we have some great fixes in the console patch" that'll be released as "soon as it's ready"
By Kaan Serin published
News Performance woes have been a thorn in Borderlands 4's side

Borderlands 4 seemingly throws shade at former owner Embracer with an AI toilet and rundown town ruled by a king in a hot tub
By Kaan Serin published
News Subtle as ever, Borderlands

New Pokemon Legends Z-A Mega Evolution Malamar will call you dumb and hypnotize you "if it disagrees with an order," as if having the weirdest evolution method wasn't enough
By Kaan Serin published
News Mega Malamar is kinda messed up

CDPR finally gives Cyberpunk 2077 players the option to remove its weirdest graphical feature years after modders already responded to fan requests
By Kaan Serin published
News "Holy s**t. My dream has come true."

Assassin's Creed Shadows' DLC wraps up 2 storylines left open in the base RPG, but devs aren't closing the door completely: "You can always reopen things"
By Kaan Serin published
News Claws of Awaji has "proper closure to Naoe's story"

Palworld publishing director teases something "you might just like" is coming soon, but for now "Palworld posting" is on pause until they beat Silksong
By Kaan Serin published
News GamesRadar+ posting will also pause while I play Silksong

Silksong takes a Steam review beating, falling to 'Mostly Positive' after a sterling launch thanks to a Chinese localization so bad Team Cherry has already promised to "improve it"
By Kaan Serin last updated
News A blemish on Silksong's otherwise stellar reviews

26 years after dead MMO was left to rot, YouTuber spends 30 days reviving it through sheer will: "You reignited a fire that never went out, now it burns brighter than ever," devs say
By Kaan Serin published
News A heart warming story

OG Hollow Knight technical director says Team Cherry remain silent because their "work ethic is off the charts" and they're probably "over at the office working" right now
By Kaan Serin published
News Working on more Silksong?

Bethesda's studio buying spree was fueled by wanting to work with likeminded devs: "If you have a chance to work with [Resident Evil creator] Shinji Mikami, you should always say yes"
By Kaan Serin published
News Pete Hines remembers the time Bethesda bought the makers of Doom, Dishonored, and Wolfenstein

"She is lovingly bats***": Baldur's Gate 3 Orin actor says the antagonist provided her with some of the weirdest lines of dialogue she's ever had to record
By Kaan Serin published
News Lady D's been one-upped

After Overwatch 2's best year ever, the FPS' director admits past updates were "too conservative" and 2026 is starting with "something huge" that "blows your minds"
By Kaan Serin published
News Aaron Keller says the aim is "to kick the year off with something huge that changes the way people think about playing the game"
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