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
Star Wars Outlaws will be "the most detailed Star Wars experience you've ever seen," says Nvidia as it touts DLSS 3 and ray tracing capabilities
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News It sounds like Outlaws is going big on the details, not the scale
Hit action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink keeps winning, promises much-requested feature to transmute a whole load of Sigils at once to save time
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News The Granblue Fantasy community is loving the proposal
Helldivers 2's new Stun Grenades look like just the Bile Titan countermeasure we need to obliterate the Terminid threat
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News The new kit can stun multiple Bile Titans at once
One of our favorite farming life sims is getting an anime this year, and it already looks fantastic
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News Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin's series is produced by Toho Animation
Stellar Blade punishes down-bad fans who equip the viral NSFW skin suit by making the RPG so much harder
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News The 'Skin Suit' is exactly what it seems
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake studio frees itself from flailing corporate overlords in $247m deal, but smaller studios haven't been so lucky
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News Metro studio 4A Games is reportedly also being sold
Couch co-op JRPGs are practically unheard of, but we're finally getting another thanks to indie darling Sea of Stars
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News Sabotage's throwback RPG has also sailed past 5 million copies sold
Helldivers 2's infamous Malevelon Creek has its own movie trailer now, and Arrowhead's boss agrees it's "seriously amazing"
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News The fight is back on
The new Tekken 8 hotness is to cheat by wearing a massive hat 500% the usual size
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News Tekken the mickey
Indie studio announces 2 games at once in a bid to prove that The Witcher isn't the only epic European fantasy RPG out there
By Hirun Cryer published
News Take a look at Thorgal and The Night Wanderer
He's just like us for real: Final Fantasy 7's legendary composer spent 3 weeks going to work and thinking about Sephiroth
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News Nobuo Uematsu says figuring out One Winged Angel was a tough one
Final Fantasy Tactics director encourages fans begging for a remake to give Unicorn Overlord their support: "The market for tactical RPGs is small"
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News "Calm down"
After releasing the mechs, Helldivers 2 calls on players to free 4 "high-priority" planets to "activate the Terminid Control System," and it sounds like a big deal
By Hirun Cryer published
News The next Major Order is now on
Having moved on after 26 years, Ash and Pikachu could one day make their way back to the Pokemon anime: "Anything is possible"
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News The door isn't completely closed
With Automatons threatening Ustotu and Draupnir, Helldivers 2 grunts worry the obsession with recapturing the infamous Malevelon Creek might derail the war effort
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News And they might have a point
Helldivers 2 gets another balance patch, this time with all good news: armored bugs nerfed and an un-fun operation modifier removed
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News Bile Titans and Chargers have had their spawn rates adjusted
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and God of War 3 director unveils new studio making "story immersed action-adventure games"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Giant Skull is an LA-based studio of industry veterans
Persona 3 Reload's new Expansion Pass slammed with negative Steam reviews by fans who have already spent over $100 on premium editions
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News Players also say that, right now, the $35 pass simply isn't worth it
MultiVersus, the fighting game where Shaggy can fight Batman, is relaunching in May with updated netcode after it abruptly disappeared last year
By Hirun Cryer published
News The jam packed fighting game finally returns
It looks like Dragon's Dogma 2's pre-load is live on Xbox, and it's mercifully small
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News That'll be 69GB, please
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P would like to direct another "major" game before he retires
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News But there are no solid plans right now
Helldivers 2 director turns to community for advice on how to get meta-enthusiasts to stop kicking other players
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News There's some very good suggestions
Todd Howard stopped some Fallout 5 ideas appearing in the Fallout TV show
By Hirun Cryer published
News The series' showrunners now know what's going to happen in Fallout 5