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
15 months after a licensing spat, Blizzard and NetEase make up to bring games like Diablo, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft back to China
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News Microsoft is also exploring bringing NetEase games to Xbox systems
Palworld update breaks the survival game so hard the devs tell Xbox players "do not try to load multiplayer data" for now
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News The latest patch accidentally loads in older save data
Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel says sike, the previous Automaton force was "merely a vanguard," and now a massive fleet is assaulting Cyberstan and beyond
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News And you'll never guess what the next Major Order is
Helldivers 2 soldiers' Automaton-dismantling victory is bad news for Trophy hunters who need to wait for their return to Platinum the shooter
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'Let's call it a draw' is now no longer attainable
Helldivers 2 patch remedies the mission-crashing bugs that nearly derailed the Automaton war effort's finale, just in time for the next Major Order
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News There's also a neat new detail for weapons
Dragon's Dogma 2 patch fixes progression-blocking bugs, but PC players are left frustrated over persisting performance issues
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News "Updates on the progress of the performance-related patches would be nice!"
One Dragon's Dogma 2 boss has a hidden cutscene - but only if you drag their fight out for 2 minutes
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News Quite the amicable result
Not even a week since Helldivers 2's latest balance patch, players are already sick of burn damage being an "instakill" death sentence
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News The complaints have come thick and fast
Dragon's Dogma 2 bullies are tackling Pawns over cliffs and using them as meat shields to prevent fall damage: "I call it 'Pawn Surfing'"
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News "I suffered much injustice at the Arisen's hands"
Stellar Blade director vows to buck industry advice for single-player games as "what our industry needs more than anything is variety"
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News Hyung-Tae Kim speaks on advice to chase higher profits
Starfield and Skyrim veteran praises Dragon's Dogma 2's "classic sneaky design trick"
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News What happens when you can't get actors back for new lines?
Helldivers 2 grunts have dismantled the Automatons and are squishing Terminids at pace, but can't help but fear Game Master Joel plans something horrid
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News It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
With just 25% liberation after 28 hours, Helldivers 2 players worry for the new Major Order and its all-out assault on Automatons: "There's no chance we're doing this"
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News Progress isn't going as planned
Misguided Dragon's Dogma 2 modders make the RPG worse by dumbing down the Dragonsplague, and yes I'll die on this hill
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News Big red numbers? No thanks
Nearly 7 years on, two Assassin's Creed Origins leads both want a sequel to continue Aya and Bayek's stories
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News Aya was reportedly relegated during development
Down-bad Dragon's Dogma 2 fans have one solution to the RPG's "hilariously janky" romance options - let us smooch the Pawns, god dang it
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News "I’ll even buy it as a microtransaction if they made it"
Square Enix reportedly shakes up one of its most underrated JRPG series by removing a Dragon Quest veteran of 22 years, with Nier Automata's producer tipped to take over
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News Following Dragon's Quest 12 delays, Yu Miyake will no longer oversee the beloved IP
The first Palworld Raid has arrived, and the survival game's community is shouting one base-saving tip from the rooftops: "Bellanoir will destroy everything you build"
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News Bellanoir is a bit of a wrecking ball
Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel wants to crush the Automatons once and for all, with a new Major Order tasking players with liberating 3 planets in under 4 days
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News The Automatons have been pushed back to their final sector
Helldivers 2 references one of Starship Trooper's worst characters via its new levelling system
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News The spirit of the Drill Sergeant lives on
Just like the original RPG, Dragon's Dogma 2 quietly creates 'fake' players to hire your Pawns if they're unpopular losers
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News Capcom is secretly hiring your loner Pawns
Helldivers 2's Quasar Cannon becomes even more of a fan-favorite as players realize it one-shots bot ships of every flavor, including the new Gunships
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News We have a new popular Stratagem
Palworld patch adds slew of new items, abilities, and quality-of-life changes, leading to "amazing" praise from players: "These guys keep knocking it out of the park"
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News The new Raid boss Bellenoir is finally here