Hirun Cryer
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
RPGs are so hot right now: Dragon’s Dogma 2 sells 2.5 million copies in a week, while Unicorn Overlord races past 500,000 copies sold
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News Capcom and Vanillaware's new games are off to flying starts
New Helldivers 2 patch unleashes blizzards and sandstorms, and quietly increases the level cap to help you manage democracy even harder
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News There's good news and bad news aplenty
Hours after claiming Malevelon Creek, Helldivers 2 players spot massive cloaked gunships above Automaton worlds, which seems bad
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News Nothing good can come of this
Helldivers 2 daredevil flattens a Hulk, tanks a Rocket Devastator, shrugs off a punch from another Hulk, bombs 2 factories, somehow lives: "They aren't letting me die"
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News How in the name of Super Earth did they survive?
Capcom wants to know how much you’d pay for Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLC - and it sounds like more than just new microtransactions
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News Could this be an indication of things to come?
Helldivers 2 brought to its knees by snow, as devs tell players to stop having game-crashing snowball fights
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News "We advise against snowball throwing!"
Action-RPG standout Stellar Blade might get a sequel if there's demand, director teases
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News A sequel could potentially reveal more about Eve and her allies
Legendary strategy studio responsible for Company of Heroes and Age of Empires 4 goes independent as Sega cuts 240 jobs across 3 developers
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News Relic Entertainment is going solo
10,000 Among Us players are using an outdated version from 2.5 years ago, and the devs are begging them to update
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News Innersloth is just as confused as you are
Embracer sells Borderlands studio Gearbox for $460 million after acquiring it for $1.3 billion just 3 years ago
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News Embracer retains Gearbox's publishing arm, however
As Stellar Blade's demo gets action RPG fans unglued, director says there isn't a photo mode but you can ask for one, which folks will surely be normal about
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News Expect a lot of demands
I want so many of my favorite JRPGs to get the kind of update that just dropped for already-stellar remake Star Ocean: The Second Story R
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News There's new bosses, endgame gear, and more
After 8 years, No Man's Sky's latest update finally overhauls the last bit of the game that wasn't procedurally-generated
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News Space stations, Guilds, starship customization, and frigates get big updates in Orbital
10 years ago, Final Fantasy 14's hard-fought revival was nearly derailed by an infamous boss who Yoshi-P says made 300,000 defeated players drop the MMO
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News No one liked Titan's Extreme brawl
Helldivers 2 genius creates ‘War Monitor’ app for your phone and watch - and of course it plays Stratagem Hero
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News Keep track of the Galactic War effort on the go
Helldivers 2 exploit puts the Guard Dogs to shame by turning the Pelican-1 extraction ship into a constant source of cover fire
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News Now that's how it's done
Dragon's Dogma 2 fans in shambles after learning catapults blast open new areas, not just topple giant beasts
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News Yes, those catapults actually work
Persona 3 Reload somehow wasn't long enough for this JRPG diehard, who made it "last as long as possible" with a grind to level 99: "I regret only a few things"
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News They managed it in roughly 55 Tartarus trips
Palworld might be getting dedicated Xbox servers sooner than you think
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News Tencent is partnering with Pocketpair for new servers
Following Palworld's breakout success, mega-publisher Tencent is reportedly trying to recreate the survival game's formula by blending pet companions with stylized violence
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News Tencent reportedly has developers competing against one another
Helldivers 2 patch fixes the game-crashing weapons that are vital to taking back Mantes from everyone's least-favorite faction
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News Three Arc weapons should now stop the shooter from freezing
Dragon's Dogma 2 entrepreneurs are already gaming the RPG’s economy by exploiting their Pawns to earn 200k gold every 2 hours
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News Ship your Pawn off for 10,000 gold
Dragon's Dogma 2 players are getting absolutely roasted by the very Pawns that are supposed to be helping them
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News And I can't really blame them