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
Stalker 2 gets another delay, this time to November so devs can sort out its technical issues
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's bugs to fix
Tekken 8 director Harada "didn't mean to lie" when he said awful dad Heihachi Mishima was really, truly dead
By Hirun Cryer published
News He sure was dropped into a volcano, though
As Helldivers 2 gears up to bring back an old threat, veterans of the original shooter come together to train newer recruits on how to squash them: "It is our duty"
By Hirun Cryer published
News This can only go badly
Leaked Star Wars Outlaws gameplay shows how Ubisoft's open-world adventure begins
By Hirun Cryer published
News Oops
I imagine Capcom popping a blood vessel as helpful investors make suggestions like this: just release Monster Hunter Wilds earlier bro, just put it on Switch dude
By Hirun Cryer published
News Yeah, just do it
After 150 hours and over 2,000 bodies collected in Honour Mode, the sanest Baldur's Gate 3 fan crowns the "ultimate Durge playthrough"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Even Shadowheart and Lae'zel weren't spared
Helldivers 2 gets a Crowdstrike-Microsoft situation of its own as Ministry of Truth tells service technicians to manually reboot affected computers 15 times "to bring systems back online"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Don't worry, no holidays have been canceled
Elden Ring players, put on your best armor and robes: the Drip Inspector is back in town, and you don't want this Invader to catch your fashion lacking
By Hirun Cryer published
News But please don't kill them
Assassin's Creed Shadows debate somehow reaches Japanese government ministries, who reportedly remind everyone that historical fiction isn't really their concern at all
By Hirun Cryer published
News No, the Japanese government isn't investigating Ubisoft's game
Helldivers 2 tackles "grief kicking" in its massive August update: if you get kicked, you'll be the host of a new session with "all of the team's loot" intact
By Hirun Cryer published
News This is a solution promised back in late May
As Helldivers 2 grunts are tasked with squashing 1 billion bugs, High Command not-so-subtly hints that "Terminid aggression and expansion may increase in response"
By Hirun Cryer published
News That's not worrying at all
Baldur's Gate 3's sex noise specialist is here to voice your Dragon Age: The Veilguard character: "I sit on a throne of moans"
By Hirun Cryer published
News "You get brought in to solely make sex noise ONE TIME…"
Ubisoft apologizes for Assassin's Creed Shadows promotional material that's "caused concern within the Japanese community," promises the RPG will "keep evolving until launch"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Ubisoft also addresses conversations surrounding Yasuke, again
Manor Lords gets crossbows and a new trade feature when the city builder's next update lands in the "next few weeks"
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's also a fix to stop deer getting stuck
Final Fantasy 14's new raid armor makes some of the MMO's lewdest pants even lewder, and the community's treating this bug as a feature
By Hirun Cryer published
News "One wrong bump and everything's gonna come flying outta there"
Blizzard says it was "freeing" to make a Diablo 4 class like the Spiritborn and just "try some crazy stuff out" that you won't find in the base action RPG
By Hirun Cryer published
News Not everything made will make it into the final product, though
Baldur's Gate 3's award-nominated narrator is going to mess with your head in Warframe: 1999
By Hirun Cryer published
News "I'm SO looking forward to getting into all your heads"
Fighting game legend Harada said he couldn't believe how dead Heihachi Mishima was, so Tekken 8 is resurrecting the big bad dad yet again
By Hirun Cryer published
News Guess who's back
"I realized very quickly this was D&D": Astarion actor Neil Newbon sniffed out Baldur's Gate 3, or maybe Icewind Dale 3, and put in for 10 of the RPG's 12 races mid-Final Fantasy 16
By Hirun Cryer published
News "I'll play a goblin holding a pint"
Former BioShock director Ken Levine spoke about Alec Baldwin and Emma Stone for roles in the sci-fi series, but he's unsure gamers really care about Hollywood actors
By Hirun Cryer published
News They're also apparently too busy
This 16-bit arcade-style Helldivers 2 demake concept captures the chaos of managed democracy perfectly
By Hirun Cryer published
News Imagine it's 1996 and this hot new arcade game just released
Ubisoft shoots down delaying Star Wars Outlaws over widespread graphics complaints: "The level of quality of the world and the experience is really very high"
By Hirun Cryer published
News "We are really leveraging our engine, and I think people will love it"
Diablo 4 Season 5 campfire livestream from Blizzard devs is coming "in a couple weeks with final notes and all"
By Hirun Cryer published
News We'll find out which features from the PTR will be sticking around
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