Kaan Serin

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"One wrong move and everything's lost": Metaphor: ReFantazio battle lead explains why turn-based JRPGs rule and why they absolutely have to be hard

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin |Rollin Bishop

Metaphor: ReFantazio's combat is another feather in Atlus' already impressive cap, but the game's lead battle planner reckons difficulty is a huge reason why turn-based fights can be so, so good. Kenichi Goto is no stranger to the formula either, having led the combat systems for Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, and other beloved games before working on Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Palworld dev explains what's going on with its slick Dead Cells-style "Metroidvania x Roguelite," which has its own team who "used to be at Pocketpair"

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin |Austin Wood

Palworld studio Pocketpair has finally spelled out what the deal is with its upcoming roguelike Metroidvania (that looks an awful lot like Dead Cells and Hollow Knight had a baby) because, as one developer admits, "we've been very bad at explaining this." Long story short, the gorgeous Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse is being made by a now-separate team who used to work at Pocketpair, and the studio's publishing arm, Pocketpair Publishing, is backing this one, even though it was...
Palworld developer says reaching 32 million players is "unexplainable" and "a lot of people don't realize how much of an anomaly that is"

1 week ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin |Austin Wood

One Palworld developer still can't wrap their head around just how big their monster-taming survival game became, having now reached 32 million players, and the only logical explanation for its success was that it luckily managed to get stuck in a "weirdly perfect storm." Pocketpair's early access juggernaut broke all kind of records when it launched last year - it courted one of the highest concurrent user counts in Steam history, it became the biggest third-party Game Pass release of all...
"We based our decisions on that selling 100,000 copies over 2 years, it did 200,000 copies in the first month": Indie publisher says planning small is key to its success

2 weeks ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin

One indie publisher reckons planning small and having realistic expectations is key to its success.
"We based our decisions on that selling 100,000 copies over 2 years, it did 200,000 copies in the first month": Indie publisher says planning small is key to its success | Flipboard

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kaan Serin

Brain-Breaking Puzzler 'Blue Prince' Is Already Getting 'Game of the Year' HypeAround this time every year, a wave of indie games begin to appear that will make their mark on players. Balatro in 2024, Dredge in 2023, and Sifu in …
Bungie thinks Marathon can coexist with games like Escape from Tarkov and help players get to "the survival storytelling a little bit faster"

2 weeks ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin

Bungie's walking into a crowded genre with its Marathon reboot, which is actually a PvPvE extraction shooter this time around. But despite going up against some tough competition, the famed FPS studio thinks its newest game can coexist with the genre's already established hits like Escape from Tarkov and Hunt: Showdown. Speaking to GamesRadar+, game director Joe Ziegler said that the plan is two-fold.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's divisive weapon durability is getting a workaround, but it's locked to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition app

2 weeks ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were a massive departure for the series in loads of ways. They were the first open-world Zeldas, the first that properly let you tackle the game in any order, and maybe most controversially, the first games with degradable weapons that could break. The Nintendo Switch 2 Editions now seem to let people repair equipment, but only via the new mobile app function.
FromSoft master modder brings their seamless co-op mod to Dark Souls Remastered, easing the wait for Elden Ring Nightreign and The Duskbloods

2 weeks ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin

There's still another month to go until Elden Ring Nightreign and another year before The Duskbloods comes out, but you can occupy the wait with a much older FromSoft classic that's now (almost) fully playable in up to five-player co-op.
"I looked it up and said ah, f***": As Balatro took over the world, another publisher was sweating over its own card roguelike - which LocalThunk then promoted himself | GamesRadar+

2 weeks ago | gamesradar.com | Kaan Serin

The publisher behind Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers has talked about the pressures and boons of launching a blackjack-themed card-based roguelike so close to the poker-themed card-based roguelike smash hit of the year, Balatro.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's divisive weapon durability is getting a workaround, but it's locked to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition app

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kaan Serin

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were a massive departure for the series in loads of ways. They were the first open-world Zeldas, the first that properly let you tackle the game in any order, and maybe most controversially, the first games with degradable weapons that could break.

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