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
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wm9b96yRhhwpbDm2MaAdQ4-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 explosives enthusiast targets the record books with 118-kill Hellbomb but blows themselves up in the process, making it 119 kills if you ask us
By Hirun Cryer published
News Does the player themselves count?
![Helldivers 2 review bomb cape](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rF6eFSguXCjA82S5CkRNRC-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2's review-bomb cape might not exist after all, even though the game's director teased it weeks ago
By Hirun Cryer published
News Much ado about nothing
![Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z3e6tEbeSjQbZmVNfiEiif-320-80.jpg)
Soviet city builder with 14,606 Steam reviews and a 'Very Positive' user score is finally leaving the Early Access Gulag after 5 years
By Hirun Cryer published
News Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic arrives on June 20
![Yakuza 0](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zxokDm9wSssW6KLFzpzgUd-320-80.jpg)
Before 23 games and 21 million copies sold, the first Yakuza game was "flat out rejected" by Sega because it wouldn't appeal to women and children
By Hirun Cryer published
News Toshihiro Nagoshi reflects on pitching the artist formerly known as Like a Dragon
![Persona 3 Reload](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RduSvh7ZVUELkssqCVoBY9-320-80.jpg)
Persona 3 Reload is getting a 3-hour game trial that might let you fight a battle or two, if you're lucky
By Hirun Cryer published
News You're definitely not meeting Ken
![Elden Ring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2WeJ7jd75BPtmgode86ziD-320-80.jpg)
Tantalizing new Elden Ring DLC images might be teasing Miquella, a classic FromSoft castle, and an odd Dark Souls 2 reference
By Hirun Cryer published
News Is that the Miquella we first saw last year?
![The Witcher 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ucABYFfY6QSJJNRkJoXrj7-320-80.jpg)
This iconic Witcher 3 sword made it into the RPG's best expansion, all because a modder won a replica of it years before
By Hirun Cryer published
News One dev reveals his unique history with Aerondight
![Blops 6](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mFE7jANmX63YhoPcEwscMN-320-80.jpg)
This year's Call of Duty has been officially confirmed as Black Ops 6, a "dark new chapter" in the franchise
By Hirun Cryer last updated
News The rumors were true
![The Last of Us 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tPhaRXEBfUH8Ev4vgRxqVE-320-80.jpg)
The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann says his next game could "redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming" - but it still doesn't sound like The Last of Us 3
By Hirun Cryer published
News "I've been lucky to work on several dream projects and am currently excited about a new one"
![Furiosa](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s8NNPLKarPPxdFykXrM3S6-320-80.jpg)
Furiosa director George Miller says 2015's Mad Max game "wasn't as good as we wanted it to be" - but he'd love Hideo Kojima to make a new one
By Hirun Cryer published
News "But he's got so much fantastic stuff on his own head, so I would never ask him"
![The Witcher 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KpPXbu2Np67ScGrHGnKpAK-320-80.jpg)
Heaping praise on The Witcher 3's vast new modding tool, Cyberpunk 2077 sequel lead says some of the "best devs in CD Projekt are former modders"
By Hirun Cryer published
News REDkit lets players create entire questlines and items
![Sony's XR headset, showing the tracking ring controller being used to edit 3D content](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K4HXUg6t6NWqAuB2oshH3N-320-80.jpg)
Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Sony's CEO is the latest to speak on AI implementation in games
![Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Warbond diving](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cGLQZ9w52Ae29ZoHnrj7Ai-320-80.jpg)
New Helldivers 2 studio CEO wants to avoid the poison currently destroying the games industry: Publicly traded companies and endless growth
By Hirun Cryer published
News Shams Jorjani isn't interested in those "shenanigans"
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Fk3iZUy7buWYFuRJ49X3C-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 director hands off CEO responsibilities to Paradox vet to deepen his "love" for game creation as successor points out "Bethesda has Todd Howard, Kojima Productions has Kojima"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Shams Jorjani is taking over from Johan Pilestedt
![Escape from Tarkov](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JiXK6A2fGeJjHM2Xb46eCe-320-80.jpg)
After a $250 paywall snafu, Escape From Tarkov somehow upsets its community even more with refunds that are actually just coupons
By Hirun Cryer published
News So, it's not really a refund after all
![Elden Ring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sp2ZKMpAnJGH7XCXLj8Fr7-320-80.jpg)
Despite sticking to level 1, Elden Ring streamer abuses crit stats to deal 450,000 damage in a single hit
By Hirun Cryer published
News Miséricorde is, of course, the weapon of choice
![Destiny 2 The Final Shape Prismatic subclass guardians running](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vxf27xDpZp6GvCkw7D5eWh-320-80.jpg)
Destiny 2 patch notes for The Final Shape's abilities and armor changes are so big they would have been one of the biggest posts in Bungie's 33-year history
By Hirun Cryer published
News That's a lot of ability and armor tweaks
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TtK5U2vSbELVszGXen73QH-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows marks another first for Ubisoft's stealth-turned-RPG series: It actually revealed both of its protagonists at once
By Hirun Cryer published
News Previous Assassin's Creed games have tended to only reveal the male protagonist at first
![Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5uASyMS6PDF3sAGRvpjFr4-320-80.jpg)
The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio dev thinks "it only makes sense" for CD Projekt Red to make a new IP that comes "straight from us"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Project Hadar is CD Projekt's new IP
![Wuthering Waves](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zLMfrsuvirneAjZ86484mA-320-80.jpg)
With 30 million people signed up already, imminent open-world RPG Wuthering Waves is another Chinese action darling to watch
By Hirun Cryer published
News And it's out tomorrow
![Kingdom Hearts 2 Roxas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iScdPDWLeMA2ByKFgAB4zg-320-80.jpg)
Kingdom Hearts hopeful held off buying the RPGs on Epic for 3 years - only to cave 5 days before the Steam version was announced
By Hirun Cryer published
News Ouch
![GTA 6 trailer screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uFzAcTB9QCR8HPbcgensok-320-80.jpg)
GTA 6 publisher CEO says he wants to "vastly over-deliver" on price and offer "more value than what we charge"
By Hirun Cryer published
News GTA 6's publisher was the first to charge $70 for new games
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WkeZTAzanZQrPkgg5k5nnQ-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 director isn't giving advice to whoever makes Baldur's Gate 4, but he did have one thing to say: "They have to do their own thing"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Swen Vincke doesn't want to "poison the well" for the next developer