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

New Crimson Desert patch adds skills for every character and makes that controversial fast-forward feature even faster
By Kaan Serin published
News Gotta go fast

Indie dev who lives in a village of 1,000 people stunned as over 250,000 Steam users buy his roguelike
By Kaan Serin published
News "It's crazy, but I have no reference point," says the creator of Dwarves: Glory, Death, and Loot

GTA 6 user-generated content monetization will make some players "millionaires," claims content creator
By Kaan Serin published
News The Roblox route

Phantom Blade Zero lead knows "a profound technological revolution is unfolding" with AI, but doesn't really care
By Kaan Serin published
News "Every single piece of content in our game has been crafted by the hands of real artists"

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan debunks old controversy: "We actually didn't nerf Tracer's butt"
By Kaan Serin published
News What year is it?

After 9 years of acclaim for its depiction of sensitive themes, Google delists Doki Doki Literature Club
By Kaan Serin published
News "DDLC is widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players," the lead dev and publisher say

GTA 6 delays would only make it "cooler," GTA 5 Lester actor says, but he still wouldn't give Rockstar $100 for the game
By Kaan Serin published
News "It could have been another month or another five months or six months or whatever. It's going to be cool."

Portal 2 devs went through "nasty crunch" to get Valve's all-time classic out, partly because they kept "adding stuff"
By Kaan Serin published
News The GLaDOS effect

As Just Cause lead's new game stumbles to mixed reviews, dev promises fixes for "unacceptable" bugs
By Kaan Serin published
News A sweeping patch is on its way tomorrow

Pokemon Champions devs squash an urgent bug that left 'mons trapped between Pokemon Home
By Kaan Serin published
News No longer lost in transit

"We should be building new IPs": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Final Fantasy 16 star wants more original games
By Kaan Serin published
News "Original IP in 2026 should be king"

Mass Effect TV show goes through rewrites to appeal to "non-gamers," but I'm hoping it follows Fallout's lead
By Kaan Serin published
News But it's "on the verge" of getting green lit

State of Decay 3 lead says "there really wasn't a game" when its reveal trailer dropped 6 years ago: "No zombie deer"
By Kaan Serin published
News RIP, zombie deer

Achievements for Starfield's Terran Armada DLC seemingly tease whole new features Bethesda's remained quiet about
By Kaan Serin published
News Like some much needed love for outposts

GTA 6 parent company Take-Two reportedly lays off its head of AI due to "shifting priorities from upper management"
By Kaan Serin published
News The Rockstar Games and 2K Games owner previously said it was embracing the tech

Veteran Halo developer of 17 years accuses the studio of blacklisting, fraud, and "multiple harassment campaigns"
By Kaan Serin published
News Glenn Israel claims "numerous unethical and/or unlawful acts" were committed by Halo Studios higher-ups

Ghost of Yotei Legends' Raid won't launch with matchmaking, despite it being impossible to beat without a 4-player party
By Kaan Serin published
News Sucker Punch encourages players to "invite friends" and self-organize

Crimson Desert expands private storage up to 1000 slots, just as fans were struggling to juggle all their bugs and rocks
By Kaan Serin published
News Plus, a new armor set for the kitties

Baldur's Gate 3 performance director bet Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would be a hit for 33 baguettes
By Kaan Serin published
News "Jack, where are my baguettes?"

"What if the gameplay was fun? This blew our f***ing minds": Dispatch devs had a revelation after the TellTale years
By Kaan Serin published
News "We're so used to, so conditioned to gameplay being the thing you had to do to check the box"

Red Dead Redemption 2 dev would "be surprised" if GTA 6 doesn't feature any ideas from Rockstar's open-world cowboy hit
By Kaan Serin published
News Just as GTA 5 borrowed from older Rockstar games

New Slay the Spire 2 patch caps runs with Badges "to make runs feel distinct and improve scoring"
By Kaan Serin published
News Mega Crit wants "to make runs feel distinct and improve scoring"

After 7 years of development, The Last of Us Online was scrapped to make room for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
By Kaan Serin published
News "They had to pick the game that was kind of the whole bread and butter of the studio"
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