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

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Definitive Edition
Meta says GTA San Andreas' VR port has been put "on hold indefinitely," nearly 3 years after it was announced

By Hirun Cryer Published

News So long, San Andreas in VR

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A screenshot from The Elder Scrolls: Castles.
The next Elder Scrolls game officially launches in September, Bethesda opens pre-registration for "spiritual successor to Fallout Shelter" that feels like management sim Skyrim

By Hirun Cryer Published

News The Elder Scrolls: Castles it out on September 10

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot showing Emmrich, a necromancer man with short greying hair and green magic
Bioware confirms leaked Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date: the long-awaited RPG launches Halloween 2024

By Hirun Cryer last updated

News Spooky

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Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds' Switch Axe makes a great time even better with slick new moves and teases a possible new creature

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Is that a new beastie?

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Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2 players in shambles as no Egyptian characters have actual Egyptian skins in the very Egyptian Season 12 Battle Pass

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Ana does have a new skin, but it doesn't look very Egyptian

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Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3's new update lets players skip to max level in the funniest way possible: starting at the final boss with garbage gear

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's not all bad news, though

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 delayed to February 2025: "We aimed for the end of the year and almost made it"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's now out right before Valentine's Day

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Rockstar Games/@ObbeVermeij via Twitter
Rockstar veteran added litter to GTA 3 because the streets looked "too clean," but removed it from San Andreas "because I eventually lost the argument" with the rest of the dev team

By Hirun Cryer Published

News The story of trash

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Until Dawn remaster
Until Dawn remake is out right before Halloween, and it'll give you an alternative to the infamous 'Don't Move' moments

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It also boasts a reworked camera, lighting, and cinematography

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Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 2 is seeing a resurgence as fans fondly recall the super pig, moaning trees, and a rat boss that's actually a dog

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's Royal Rat Authority time, baby

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Borderlands 3
A Borderlands fan with "16,000 hours worth" of series knowledge reckons the movie has a plot hole involving Zane from Borderlands 3

By Hirun Cryer Published

News That's a lot of knowledge

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Persona 3 Reload
Persona 3 Reload producer apologizes for the third time for excluding Portable's female protagonist, reiterates it's "likely never" happening for the JRPG remake

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Sorry, Kotone fans

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Pokemon
The original Pokemon movie actor behind Misty and Jessie, Rachael Lillis, has died

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Lillis was 46

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Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot
Assassin's Creed Shadows is "pushing the limits" of what Ubisoft can do on PS5 and Xbox Series X

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's going big on aspects like weather and lighting

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Dark Souls' Chosen Undead stands in front of a campfire.
Incredibly lucky first-time Dark Souls player survives parkour deathtrap by getting bounced around its notorious swinging axes

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Well, I've never seen this happen before

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Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 rockets up Steam's best-sellers chart to its highest concurrent player counts all year after the Borderlands movie's launch

By Hirun Cryer Published

News An unintended side-effect

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Mecha Break
Online multiplayer game Mecha Break soars past 50,000 concurrent Steam players in its playtest, who all discover just how unhinged its character creator can be

By Hirun Cryer Published

News That's 51,382 players, to be precise

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A player shooting a demon during the upcoming PS5 game, Doom: The Dark Ages.
Doom: The Dark Ages gameplay reportedly shown at QuakeCon, revealing a revamped glory kill system and a mech with a cannon

By Hirun Cryer Published

News That shield-saw is apparently used to traverse the map

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Hi-Fi Rush
"We're back, baby!": Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks have been resurrected by PUBG publisher Krafton, with 50 transferred developers now working on Hi-Fi Rush 2

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Microsoft still owns The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo

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Helldivers 2 Freedom's Flame Warbond
"I'll own this screwup": Helldivers 2 studio CEO apologizes for balance comments, admits fire weapon nerfs are "disappointing after we had a similar misstep earlier"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Shams Jorjani says a lot of feedback is still positive and useful for Arrowhead, however

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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom introduces two new characters to the series, and gives Zelda's dad a massive glow-up

By Hirun Cryer Published

News The King of Hyrule returns

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
For the first time ever in Call of Duty, Black Ops 6's Zombies mode lets you save and quit, and there are some pretty weird reactions to that

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Everyone act normal

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GTA 6 reveal trailer screenshot showing a young blonde woman standing near a sunny rooftop pool, wearing a white and gold bikini
GTA 6's 2025 release is still on the cards, and while user content won't be the dominant force, its publisher is already "excited" about modding

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Take-Two's CEO doesn't think user-generated content is the future

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Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 gets its second update of 2024 and an excellent quality-of-life feature: you can skip to the end of the shooter if you've already got a max level character

By Hirun Cryer Published

News There's also a new auto-sell feature for gear

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World of Warcraft: The War Within
One of World of Warcraft: The War Within's beta's most-beloved features turns out to be a bug that Blizzard is fixing, and folks aren't happy

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Sorry, outfit drops aren't happening like that

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