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
Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creators pay tribute to Dragon Ball icon Akira Toriyama, having worked with him on several beloved JRPGs
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News Dragon Quest is synonymous with Toriyama's work
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail's new female Hrothgar race nearly had a cuter design
By Hirun Cryer published
News But Naoki Yoshida went for a "strong and nimble" design instead
Helldivers 2 CEO jokes that the only reason the game would ever get "giant microtransactions" would be to fund his Warhammer habit
By Hirun Cryer published
News The game director has many, many miniatures
Baldur's Gate 3 let Karlach's actor subvert the 'disappointing' RPG romance tropes found in Mass Effect and Dragon Age
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News Samantha Béart points out the male gaze present in all-female relationships in two classic RPGs
Veteran Persona 3 fans are getting ready to defend Yukari all over again in Reload's Episode Aigis DLC
By Hirun Cryer published
News Go easy on the best girl, please
Baldur's Gate 3 fixes one of its best post-launch additions - sending items to any companion whenever you want
By Hirun Cryer published
News But Xbox players will have to wait
Square Enix comes to the defence of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's much-maligned Moogles
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News So now players are threatening to eat them, obviously
Stressful city-builder sequel Frostpunk 2 releases in July, and there's a beta to warm you up next month
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News 11 Bit Studios' sequel is a day one Xbox Game Pass PC launch
Dragon's Dogma 2's Pawns have some brutal callouts for horny players
By Hirun Cryer published
News "One of my former masters chose to hire only women. I wonder why?"
Balatro, the surprise smash-hit success of 2024 from a solo developer, has sold over 500,000 copies in just 10 days
By Hirun Cryer published
News LocalThunk's game is a huge hit
The best gun in Helldivers 2 is actually this underrated gem, according to a dedicated cache of players
By Hirun Cryer published
News The Arc Thrower is winning over plenty of players
You can play Hades 2 without touching the roguelike's legendary predecessor: "It's important to us that it's a standalone thing"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Hades 2 is also targeting a release between April and June
Helldivers 2's first big balance patch targets the game's most OP weapons with ammo and armor piercing deductions
By Hirun Cryer published
News The Breaker shotgun and Railgun Stratagem get taken down a notch
Helldivers 2 director shuts down rumors that the studio has been acquired by Sony
By Hirun Cryer published
News "This is the first I hear of this"
GTA 5 and its flexible open-world design helped inspire Dragon's Dogma 2's vast RPG world
By Hirun Cryer published
News Hideaki Itsuno explains his personal inspiration
Hades, one of the greatest roguelikes ever made, comes to iOS via Netflix this month
By Hirun Cryer published
News And pre-registration is open now
A week after one of its best recent JRPGs mysteriously disappeared from Nintendo Switch, Square Enix finally admits it's working on a fix
By Hirun Cryer published
News Octopath Traveler vanished from the eShop last week
Valve lets Steam launch discounts double in length, so the savings now last between 7 and 14 days
By Hirun Cryer published
News Valve also caps the launch sales at 40%
This Nintendo DS-style Palworld demake was inspired by Pokemon Black and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
By Hirun Cryer published
News 64 Bits is at it again
Diablo 4's Season 4 loot overhaul is so big that it warrants a new test server 9 months after launch
By Hirun Cryer published
News The Public Test Realm is finally coming
Dune survival MMO had to go to the author's family to get permission to cut "ridiculous" sandwalking and the book's extremely explosive shields
By Hirun Cryer published
News Dozens of shields detonating like mini nukes would've been a problem
GTA Online is getting a new raid where you take on Rockstar's version of KFC
By Hirun Cryer published
News Cluckin' Bell Farm Raid is out this week
In the wake of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's success, what can we expect from the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy part 3?
By Hirun Cryer published
Opinion Opinion | With Remake and Rebirth building things up, here's what we might (and hope to) see in the RPG's part 3.