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

Helldivers 2 screenshot showing a fully geared/armored diver standing with gun in hand as three jets soar the skies behind him
Helldivers 2's official feedback form is finally here, letting players impart impressions on armor, weapons, Stratagems, planets, hazards, and more

By Hirun Cryer Published

News This is Arrowhead's "more robust" way of getting feedback

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 movement.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't even out yet, but modders are already taking advantage of a leaked build to give players Max Payne-like super dive abilities

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Manipulating gravity can be really fun, it turns out

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Fate/Stay Night Remastered
Influential visual novel finally gets official English release after 20 years, and fans can only post through it as characters and backgrounds straight up appear in the wrong scenes

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Type-Moon fixed the Fate/Stay Night bugs in a matter of hours

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Elden Ring
Elden Ring patch 1.13.2 buffs some Spirit Ash Summons for the second time in as many weeks

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Turns out some Summons weren't receiving the correct buffs

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Balatro
Balatro is getting a "major gameplay update" next year with "new ideas and strategies" as the roguelike poker sensation sells 2 million copies

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Balatro is somehow getting even better

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Elden Ring DLC Messmer
Elden Ring sicko takes the limiters off NG+ scaling, cranks Shadow of the Erdtree to NG+ 1,000 and still no-hits a 500,000-HP Messmer

By Hirun Cryer Published

News And it only took them seven and a half hours

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Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds' Insect Glaive looks slicker than ever with new moves - including one straight out of The Matrix: Reloaded

By Hirun Cryer Published

News "Pole dancing on top of the monster? Peak hunting"

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 devs might've leaked an Orbital Napalm Barrage Stratagem, and I'm sure a burning planet can only be good

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Oopsie

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Helldivers 2 Freedom's Flame Warbond
Helldivers 2's new fire weapon nerfs are down to one shotgun being used in "30% of all Terminid sessions," says Arrowhead's CEO: "Is that a problem? Yes"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Arrowhead is still actively discussing the nerfs

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Fallout New Vegas
Fallout New Vegas director Josh Sawyer explains why the RPG's opening is a perfect example of respecting the player's skill choices

By Hirun Cryer Published

News "We're paying attention to the character you made, and we're going to give you rewards"

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Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom
Helldivers 2's big Escalation of Freedom update finally fixes broken social menus after months of players asking, adds a new "eerie and foggy" swamp planet to die on

By Hirun Cryer Published

News There are also new acid storms

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A screenshot from the Helldivers 2 opening, showing the Super Earth Spokesperson shouting.
Helldivers 2 players failed their Major Order, so despite saving a children's hospital 2 months ago the schools will now suffer instead

By Hirun Cryer Published

News For shame, Arrowhead!

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Palworld Foxcicle
After using generative AI in a co-op painting game 2 years ago, Palworld studio CEO wants to keep "a healthy distance from technological advancements"

By Hirun Cryer Published

News The team doesn't want to "actively pursue something that’s going to upset people"

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Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom
Oh god: Helldivers 2 doubles down on horror with an Automaton human processing plant in the Escalation of Freedom update

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Those robots somehow get even worse

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Helldivers 2 Freedom's Flame Warbond
Helldivers 2 players resign themselves to failure of the ongoing Major Order, which means after months of dodging them, the comically-ignored mines are nearly here

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's not looking great for the Helldivers' assault effort

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Death Stranding 2 PS5 screenshot
Death Stranding 2 devs prepare for a "grueling and fun climb" ahead

By Hirun Cryer Published

News That's according to Hideo Kojima himself

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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
For Zelda's debut as a playable main character, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom gives the princess the cutest dang horse the series has ever seen

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Utter neigh-hem

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft is hiring for a new RPG - leaving some fans to worry what happened to the action game it announced 7 years ago

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Where is the knight game? Is it safe? Is it alright?

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Diablo 4 Masterworking The Pit
Diablo 4 sleuths crack a year-long mystery to find a new ring, leading some to dream of the secret cow level Blizzard won't stop teasing everyone about once more

By Hirun Cryer Published

News And it all revolves around Lucky Coins

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A screenshot of some sheep in a field in Manor Lords.
Manor Lords' next big patch will finally let you eat your sheep, which is great news for anyone who ended up with way too many

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Cows will also be on the menu

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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 3 once again claimed to be in the works, this time from a voice actor's resume, and features "off-world" gameplay with vehicles

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Here we go again

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Yozora
Behold the power of PC gamers: The complete $100 Kingdom Hearts collection jumps 396 ranks in monthly sales chart immediately after coming to Steam

By Hirun Cryer Published

News It's either the power of PC gamers, or a very dedicated fanbase

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Anduin Worldsoul Saga trailer still
World of Warcraft: The War Within's pre-patch wasn't a big hit for the MMO, so Blizzard is changing the 90-minute cooldown event to hit every hour

By Hirun Cryer Published

News Radiant Echoes will hang around for a full hour in one of three locations

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Diablo 4
Diablo 4 Season 5 patch notes are here, and even at over 10,000 words, Blizzard still missed stuff out

By Hirun Cryer Published

News There's still some Legendary items to go through

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The First Descendant Gold Farm
The First Descendant's first major update turns on the gold and XP boost tap for 3 days as devs delay a new hotfix

By Hirun Cryer Published

News You'll have to manually activate it from the mailbox though

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