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

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

Marvel Rivals implements a "Victim Compensation Protocol" for players affected by "malicious match-losing"
By Kaan Serin published
News The system will automatically restore lost competitive points

The Legend of Zelda-esque game mimics the GameBoy to GameBoy Color transition, goes from retro handheld to PC and Switch
By Kaan Serin published
News Ratcheteer DX pulls a Link's Awakening

Slay the Spire 2 devs are "microtransaction haters," even if some fans "threaten to buy all and any cosmetics"
By Kaan Serin published
News Mega Crit doesn't plan on monetizing the roguelike like that

Putting FromSoftware challenge sickos to shame, one fan smashes Final Fantasy 9's skip rope challenge blindfolded
By Kaan Serin published
News "Final Fantasy 9 has one of the hardest achievements in the entire franchise"

Ridiculously pretty Baldur's Gate-like with a beat 'em up twist and 91% positive Steam reviews finally hits 1.0
By Kaan Serin published
News Banquet of Fools was in early access for over a year

Marvel Rivals publisher reportedly cuts funding for Yakuza co-creator's studio 3 months after debuting its first game
By Kaan Serin published
News Nagoshi Studio is said to be seeking funding from elsewhere to make Gang of Dragon

Slay the Spire 2's Steam domination was always "written in the stars", according to surprised Palworld dev
By Kaan Serin published
News Mega Crit's first game was a big deal too

As Marvel Rivals players get paid to throw games, devs threaten permabans for those who "deliberately sabotage matches"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Maintaining a positive gaming environment is a collective responsibility"

After 30 years, Pokemon Pokopia finally answers an important question for "the hardcore lore freaks"
By Kaan Serin published
News He got his dream, that's what

Former Ubisoft vet says Assassin's Creed developer is "hated" by "many of their own" devs, but there's still hope for it
By Kaan Serin published
News "It's tough to imagine Ubisoft making a big hit ever again," but all hope isn't lost

Slay the Spire 2 lead backtracks on Marathon "small indie passion projects" joke as the roguelike dominates Steam
By Kaan Serin published
News Mega Crit's deckbuilding sequel hit a Steam peak of over 314,000 players

Marathon stays competitive with Arc Raiders and hits Steam with 91% 'Very Positive' reviews: "Bungie cooked"
By Kaan Serin published
News "It's what you expect from a Bungie game. Feels like something between Halo and Destiny."

Arc Raiders was recording private Discord DMs, engineer claims in report, Embark rolls out hasty hotfix
By Kaan Serin published
News "Rest assured that your private and/or personal data was not sent outside your machine"

Marathon is already the top-selling new game on Steam, dethroning Resident Evil Requiem
By Kaan Serin published
News Mere hours before the Bungie FPS' launch

Dismissing Pokemon comparisons would make us "hypocrites," creature-collecting RPG devs say after $186,000 Kickstarter
By Kaan Serin published
News LumenTale: Memories of Trey is doing enough to stand on its own

Before Pokemon Winds and Waves, Pokopia crushes hopes for the Sound-type that fans have been begging to see for years
By Kaan Serin published
News DJ Rotom is the bearer of bad news

Despite contending with Final Fantasy 14, the 23-year-old FF11 is locking off a third server due to overpopulation
By Kaan Serin published
News The MMO's third server lockdown in less than a year

GTA 6 devs "must be quaking" over so much hype, Hell Let Loose lead says: "Is there too much that people are expecting?"
By Kaan Serin published
News "Everyone's gonna avoid GTA like the plague"

Resident Evil Requiem actor filmed with the lights off as Capcom tried to "make the situation" as scary as the game
By Kaan Serin published
News "...Without, you know, having a real-life zombie running at you"

Starfield reportedly gets its long-rumored PS5 release next month, ending two years of Xbox exclusivity for the RPG
By Kaan Serin published
News Just weeks after Todd Howard teased updates coming to the space epic

Helldivers 2 fan intent on challenging Arrowhead to beat the game's toughest challenge for $1,000: "No funny business"
By Kaan Serin published
News An impossible request for the sake of charity

Bungie wants more feedback on Marathon's controversial UI to make sure players can "read what's happening mid-fight"
By Kaan Serin published
News Bungie plans on iterating after Marathon's full launch
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