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
Putting the Borderlands 4 reveal just 2 weeks after the Borderlands movie's $90m flop is being hailed as Randy Pitchford's ultimate "big brain move"
By Hirun Cryer published
News "Damage control at it’s finest"
Tomb Raider fans in shambles after Lara Croft turns up at Opening Night Live as part of a Naraka: Bladepoint crossover, not the long-overdue new game they got excited for
By Hirun Cryer published
News The last Tomb Raider game was nearly 6 years ago
After 8 years and multiple expansions, Firaxis had to make Civilization 7 because Civ 6 "was getting too big for its britches"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Civilization 7 is also solving a huge problem by dividing campaigns into three ages
Mafia: The Old Country is going "back to the roots of what fans love about the Mafia franchise," and acts as a prequel in 1900s Sicily
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's out next year
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is getting a new PvE co-op dungeon that sounds like a full-blown raid
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's also a new dungeon with player control over loot
Marvel Rivals reveals Captain America and The Winter Soldier, and confirms its leaked December release date
By Hirun Cryer published
News All heroes will be unlocked at launch
Path of Exile 2 hits early access in November with various horrific demonic entities in tow
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's looking like a hoot
Borderlands 4 has finally been revealed, and it's out in 2025 across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S
By Hirun Cryer published
News We're venturing away from Pandora this time
Black Myth: Wukong's first optional boss Wandering Wight is taking names, so of course players are already doing no-hit kills and cheesing him
By Hirun Cryer published
News This noggin packs a punch
Former GTA dev on the studio that became GTA 5-maker Rockstar North: "There was a spirit of creativity and freedom that just doesn’t exist today"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Here's a bit of history you might not know
Black Myth: Wukong Steam player count surpasses Palworld as the action RPG surges past Counter-Strike 2 to become Steam's second-biggest game ever
By Hirun Cryer last updated
News It's Steam's biggest-ever single-player launch
Black Myth: Wukong dev warns of "occasional serious issues" on PC even after "multiple internal full-process tests"
By Hirun Cryer published
News This is given a PC's "myriad of software and hardware environments"
New Helldivers 2 patch finally fixed ragdolling from those pesky Impalers and rocket-wielding Automatons
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's also a fix for flamethrowers straight up ignoring enemies
Dev behind StarCraft "spiritual successor" Stormgate says the strategy game's mixed reviews are fine, but players shouldn't expect StarCraft devs to make StarCraft quality straight off the bat
By Hirun Cryer published
News It hasn't been the best start for Stormgate
Silent Hill 2's new story trailer was Bloober's "love letter" to the horror classic's 2001 trailer, and in some parts it's a shot-for-shot remake
By Hirun Cryer published
News Here's our first look at Eddie
Barely 3 weeks after its $90m flop, the Borderlands movie is reportedly giving up on cinemas and going straight to streaming
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's reportedly earned back just $21 million of its $110 million budget
Hideo Kojima drops a new Death Stranding 2 actor teaser, but fans quickly deduce that it's one of his long-time collaborators
By Hirun Cryer published
News That sure is Kenjiro Tsuda
Star Wars Outlaws gets stunning new art with a collaboration from acclaimed manga artist behind Afro Samurai and Batman Ninja
By Hirun Cryer published
News This is Takashi Okazaki's latest collaboration
Rockstar's classic Bully has been rated for consoles and PC, but it's probably just the imminent GTA+ re-release
By Hirun Cryer published
News Hold the hype
Nintendo's first Famicom Detective Club game in 35 years is getting an evolving demo starting next week
By Hirun Cryer published
News Emio - The Smiling Man's demo will get two more chapters before launch
"Please pirate it because none of us work at the company that owns this anymore": Dev of stylish skating shooter marks its 2-year anniversary with a call for piracy
By Hirun Cryer published
News Rollerdrome dev Roll7 was reportedly shut down by Take-Two earlier this year, though the publisher denies doing so
Hunt: Showdown's Steam reviews take a battering after the colossal 1896 update brings dreary UI and stuttering to the gothic PvPvE shooter
By Hirun Cryer published
News Just 36% of the recent 6,041 reviews are positive
Monster Hunter Wilds is really putting the Chatacabra through it in the weapon showcases, and fans are almost feeling bad for the beastie
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's hammer time!
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