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
Military survival FPS Gray Zone Warfare blows past even Manor Lords to become Steam's new hit, selling 500,000 copies after just 3 days despite Early Access troubles
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News It's a flying start for Madfinger's new game
Helldivers 2 players are shocked at the community kill-to-death ratio being a dire 0.3, but some are convinced it's inaccurate
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News Arrowhead pulled back the curtain on in-game stats earlier this week
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki is "very happy" there are other Soulslike games, and says he could "learn a lot" from them
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News Hidetaka Miyazaki doesn't view Soulslikes as competitors
This Mass Effect deal is so good that even its producer thought it was too good to be true
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News No, that really is the Legendary Edition for $6
Helldivers 2 PC players will be forced to link to a PSN account later this month for greater security from Sony
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News Technical difficulties made linking optional at launch
A Witcher 3 dev just released a mod bringing one of the RPG's best quests closer to what it originally looked like during development
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News Remember Geralt's quest in fairy tale land?
Helldivers 2's next Warbond is already incredibly popular among Super Earth's soldiers thanks to the new pistol and SMG: "All these guns look really good"
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News That 'Pummeler' is already popular
"A completely cruel and baffling decision": Industry anger over GTA 6 publisher's closure of two acclaimed studios despite commercial successes and CEO's $26 million pay rise
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News "Corporations do not care about you"
Helldivers 2 players discover giant tunnels in the ground, are convinced they're teasing the return of the huge Hive Lords
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News This can only be a bad thing
Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will feature multiple decisions, but has no definitive ending
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News It sounds pretty similar to FromSoftware's past offerings
Elden Ring will only get one DLC in Shadow of the Erdtree, but FromSoftware isn't ruling out a full sequel for the RPG
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News Shadow of the Erdtree will be the beginning of the end
Starfield at 60FPS is finally a reality for Xbox Series X players thanks to a new Performance Mode in a huge update this month
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News May 15 marks big improvements for Starfield
Baldur's Gate 3 lead went from "joy to anxiety" in seconds after hearing Larian's next game would be a follow-up to the beloved RPG series
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News Following up on Baldur's Gate 2 came with a lot of pressure
Fallout 76's Vault was referenced in Fallout 3, a whole 10 years before it eventually released
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News Vault 76 wasn't an experimental vault
A new Batman Arkham game is coming, but it's a VR game that's not being developer by the original studio
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News Arkham Shadow arrives later this year
Devious Baldur's Gate 3 player discovers you can keep Wyll even if you raid the Grove - you just have to slaughter him
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News Sorry pal
Batman Arkham veterans are making a G.I. Joe that's aiming to be a "shot in the arm" for the franchise
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News There have been nine GI Joe games to date
Helldivers 2 players are discovering what a mess the bugs made of their towers, and it looks like a sign of some very big bugs to come
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News Bigger enemies wouldn't be a surprise at this point
Helldivers 2's hot new feature is Super Commas, so you can properly see how many comrades have been slaughtered
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News When everything's Super, nothing is
Stellar Blade director says extra DLC isn't planned yet, but the developer is working on a Boss Rush mode
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News The Stellar Blade devs are throwing hard balls
Tekken 8 community rocked by a bot that plays only one character, presses only one button, and is rampaging up the ranked ladders
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News Eddy Gordon't do this, please
Square Enix canceled $140 million-worth of games earlier this year as it looks to be "more selective"
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News This comes after Square Enix president said it should rely less on heavy-hitters
Yes, Stellar Blade's Eve sees you staring at her, just like Nier Automata's 2B and Death Stranding's Sam knew what was happening
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News Cut it out