Hirun Cryer

Hirun Cryer

Freelance Writer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.

Latest articles by Hirun Cryer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director wants no part of the debate on whether Final Fantasy 17 should be turn-based, because Square Enix can do "whatever they want with it" and it'll still succeed

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Guillaume Broche has big praise for Square Enix's franchise

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an "homage" to the RPGs of old, and its director wants players to "break the game with crazy builds"

By Hirun Cryer Published

Preview Preview | Sandfall's debut game has been just three years in the making, and it looks stunning

Preview
The Falconeer
City-builder dev says indies need "half a million" in profit to make more money than Valve, decries the 30% Steam store tax as a "relic" that "needs to go down"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Indie developers have long been speaking about Valve's storefront fee

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Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom
Helldivers 2 creative boss agrees the game has gotten less about "a fun, chaotic, challenging, emergent experience" and too much about "challenge and competitiveness"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Arrowhead's team is apparently "tired from a long development"

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Blue Protocol
Bandai Namco MMO Blue Protocol has been outright canceled because it will "not be possible to provide a service that satisfies" players

By Hirun Cryer Published

News There won't be a western launch after all

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Sea of Stars
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker is out for free in Spring 2025, expanding on the smash-hit throwback JRPG with a new character, abilities, and more

By Hirun Cryer Published

News We're really in for a treat

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Monster Hunter Wilds greatsword demo stance
The Monster Hunter Wilds map is twice as big as Monster Hunter World's Wildspire Waste, according to one dedicated mapper

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Wilds could be *huge*

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Deadlock
Deadlock is "going to easily take over," says streamer Shroud, adding that it's the "best third-person shooter I've ever played"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Now that's big praise

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Deadlock
Catastrophe: Deadlock's Steam store page breaks Valve's own rules, so Valve is going to have to police Valve

By Hirun Cryer Published

News That'll be five screenshots please, Valve

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Diablo 4
Diablo 4 leads know you want a sword-and-board Paladin, but after 5 classic classes they wanted to go big on something new: "It's not just about rehashing old content"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News "We could do that, but the team wanted the opportunity to go big"

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Avowed character Sargamis standing in front of the player
Avowed is "targeting 30FPS, bare minimum" on Xbox Series X/S because "you don't necessarily need 60 frames" for a first-person single-player RPG

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Optimization and stability is apparently "one of the last things you do"

News
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
After making 2 acclaimed Wolfenstein FPS games, the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle devs do a complete 180: "Guns shouldn't be your first option"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News "What would you want to do as Indiana Jones?"

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Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Life is Strange's original director feels "curious" about Max returning in Double Exposure at a different studio

By Hirun Cryer Published

"I looked at the trailer and I have some ideas of where they're going"

Adventure Games
Marvel Rivals Captain America reveal and namecard
Marvel Rivals' Captain America reveal is good news for all except the Iron Man mains who can now be killed by their own ultimate attack

By Hirun Cryer Published

News The news has been received warmly, if anything

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Helldivers 2 enemies
After a string of poorly received patches, a Helldivers 2 "experimental server" is being actively "worked on" at Arrowhead

By Hirun Cryer Published

News But there'll need to be NDAs so nothing leaks

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Borderlands
Borderlands 4 studio CEO Randy Pitchford says that's not Handsome Jack in the trailer - it's "something far more dangerous"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Ugly Jack confirmed

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Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds players celebrate Capcom lifting gender restrictions on armor after 20 years: "Gonna be the male character with the prettiest dress"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News This has been a long time coming

News
Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light: The Beast's own lead actor was surprised to be asked back to reprise his role: "I thought I was dead!"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Kyle Crane's actor was just as shocked as the rest of us

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Diablo 4's new Spiritborn class races through the jungle
Diablo 4 devs will "learn a whole bunch" from Vessel of Hatred feedback, and pledge to be "very reactive to the community"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Blizzard will assess feedback and apply it to the whole game

News
FGS
Top-down roguelike shooter Section 13 is a pulse-pounding dive into a harrowing research facility and its murderous, mutated subjects

By Hirun Cryer Published

Sponsored

After a year in Early Access, exciting roguelike Blackout Protocol is now known as Section 13

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FGS
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch will put your strategy prowess to the test in a brutal roguelike RPG adventure on a mysterious island, and it's coming to Steam Early Access in November

By Hirun Cryer Published

Sponsored

This is the brutal RPG follow-up to 2022's Lost Eidolons

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FGS
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age puts you in the command chair of tense aerial and naval combat encounters

By Hirun Cryer Published

Sponsored

Simulation masters MicroProse Software showcase their upcoming naval combat sim and it's out later this year

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Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light is coming for Resident Evil's horror crown: "We want to be the ultimate zombie experience - you think zombie game, you say Dying Light"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Techland's dreaming big

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5 because "it's a strategy that works for us" and "our franchises are getting stronger"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Microsoft is also expecting a return on its investment

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Borderlands 4 screenshot showing a fractured sky of a new planet
Borderlands 4 is set on an "all-new planet" rather than series mainstay Pandora

By Hirun Cryer Published

News We're breaking new ground

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