Latest articles by Kaan Serin
"What if we […] make it 100% Japanese?": Silent Hill f producer worried Konami's horror series was "starting to feel too westernized"
news Silent Hill f is the team's attempt to lean back into its Japanese roots
All 55 of these games are under $5 in Steam Spring Sale 2025, which is just silly for Metroidvanias, RPGs, roguelikes, and more gems this good
News My backlog is shaking
Mass Effect veteran's new sci-fi RPG Exodus introduces an alien race, and they're so hardcore they put the Krogans to shame
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New Nintendo patent implies veteran Splatoon developers are behind that mystery Minecraft-like game playtested last year
News Nintendo's Playtest Program is getting even more interesting
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was unsure about referencing Final Fantasy 9 so heavily because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it"
News Naoki Yoshida's fine with all the Dawntrail callbacks now, though
"That, to me, is what Silent Hill truly embodies": Silent Hill f's A-list team now includes legendary series composer Akira Yamaoka
News He's been in the studio for every single mainline Silent Hill
Silent Hill f disclaimer is even making a horror buff like me shudder: "If you feel uncomfortable at any point while playing, please take a break"
News Konami warns that things are about to get quite grim
Avowed DLC seems likelier than ever as Obsidian Entertainment promises "ongoing support" and a roadmap coming soon
News The RPG maestros want to "refine and expand Avowed"
The Final Fantasy series has sold a whopping 200 million copies, while the Pixel Remaster reportedly outsells FF16 with 5 million copies
Across 37 years and countless classics
Blizzard boss says keeping World of Warcraft players happy for 20 years is so hard because the MMO is filled with "different demographics that only have so much time in their day"
News Striking the right balance for everyone is a "never-ending" struggle
After 3 years and 44,327 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, viral hit PowerWash Simulator is finally getting a sequel complete with split-screen co-op
News The viral first-person soaper evolves its own winning formula
Lady Dimitrescu actor wasn't a gamer before Resident Evil Village, so she "pulled a lot of Shakespeare stuff" into her vampire mommy role
News Lady D "really truly" changed her life
City-builder dev implores Valve to give devs real social media tools on Steam, because they're "terrified of the future market" and need a "solution for indie sustainability"
news The Falconeer and Bulwark developer wants Valve to improve its follower and social systems
Despite more than $60 million in investments, Shroud-backed FPS Spectre Divide and its dev are shutting down after the first season failed "to cover day-to-day costs"
News The 3v3 tactical shooter is going offline sometime in the next 30 days
Avowed director says Xbox and Microsoft are "very happy" with the reception to its new Obsidian RPG
News Carrie Patel reveals the megacorp is happy with the number of people in Eora
Ubisoft shareholder plans protest in response to mismanagement, Assassin's Creed Shadows delays, and alleged acquisition talks with Microsoft and EA
News AJ Investments calls Ubisoft "horribly mismanaged"
Balatro creator hits back at AI art spread on the roguelike's subreddit: "I don't use it in my game, I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds"
News Localthunk lands on the anti side of the AI art fence
The Skate reboot isn't even out yet, but it already has an EA specialty: microtransactions
News We don't know when skate. is launching into early access, but you can be extra sure it'll have freemium currency to buy when it's here
As Palworld studio's publishing branch teases new reveals, its head is "nervous" that "people will just expect more" games like its survival hit
News Pocketpair Publishing isn't aiming to simply create more Palworld-shaped games
Balatro creator started "properly playing the game myself about a week before launch" and had "a pretty emotional moment" where he realized it's "actually fun"
News Well, of course
Kingmakers is a strategy game about taking on medieval armies with a gun, but its devs thought the giant mech was too much
News Bringing a giant mechanized titan to a sword fight isn't very demure
The Witcher 3 lead says "not many games" were trying to match the RPG back in 2015, and that meant "there was a risk" to making it in the first place
News CDPR's big risk paid off
The Sims rival InZoi has 300 people hanging out in each of its in-game cities and they all "interact with each other in real-time"
News A good recipe for mayhem
