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
Shadow of the Erdtree gives Elden Ring heroes 'Let Us Duo Her' a new way to wreck Malenia: Kick her into stun-locked mush for 35,000 damage
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News Dryleaf Dane's new shoes are deadly
Psychonauts 2 was designed as the "complete opposite" of an FPS, because Tim Schafer wanted players to leave levels in a better condition than they found them
By Hirun Cryer published
News Double Fine co-founder Tim Schafer looked to action games and shooters when planning out Psychonauts 2's levels
Tekken icon Katsuhiro Harada asks fans to stop sending him character concepts, because he doesn't want to be sued
By Hirun Cryer published
News Whether he could win a theoretical lawsuit is missing the point
Cities: Skylines 2 woes continue with console ports delayed indefinitely due to missed "stability and performance targets"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Colossal Order will review the ports again in August
Huge Witcher 3 mod offering custom characters with new combat styles and quests predates CD Projekt's own modding tools
By Hirun Cryer published
News But it also utilizes AI voices
9 years after Metal Gear Solid 5, no one can decide if one particular scene is a piece of classic Kojima genius, or just a simple olfactory plot hole
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News Can Big Boss canonically smell?
This fan-made Elden Ring anime teaser shows a greatest hits collection of the RPG's bosses, and it's out later this year
By Hirun Cryer published
News The anime will cram everything into 5 minutes
Baldur's Gate 3 leads gather at the same place they considered how to finish the RPG 2 years ago to discuss "lift-off" for what's next: "Spirits are high"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Larian previously confirmed two new games were in the works
Sekiro veteran beats infamous Isshin after 45 tries without running, jumping, or countering, and they're asking the FromSoftware community for other boss challenges
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News And I thought Isshin was tough on a normal playthrough
Another Witcher 3 mod adds cut content back into the RPG, and this time it's boat races that have been lurking in the game files for nearly 10 years
By Hirun Cryer published
News Wind's howling, but now that's a good thing
The First Descendant lead explains that the shooter's microtransactions didn't work properly at launch because too many purchases were made all at once
By Hirun Cryer published
News Suffering from success?
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail players on PlayStation and Xbox get free game time as Yoshi-P apologizes for the bumpy launch
By Hirun Cryer published
News Yoshi-P apologizes for disconnection and freezing issues
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has transmog for all the RPG's companions, and 'aspirational' armor so you can see what your Rook will look like in the "mid-to-late game"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Aspirational armor preview is a novel new feature
Before Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one fan is archiving 15 years of BioWare's additional RPG series storytelling to prevent it being lost
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's short stories, comic books, and even cookbooks here
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail reached "a record number of concurrent users" for a total the MMO hasn't seen since the release of A Realm Reborn 11 years ago
By Hirun Cryer published
News That record isn't without its caveats, though
Shadow of the Erdtree fans feel vindicated after Elden Ring patch reveals a Spirit Summon was actually healing bosses: "Tiche really was healing the f***ing enemy!"
By Hirun Cryer published
News It was Black Knife Tiche all along
Elden Ring's busted Perfume Bottles and most overpowered weapon are no more thanks to a new Shadow of the Erdtree patch
By Hirun Cryer published
News No more boss cheese for you
Helldivers 2 dev says "no new Warbond yet," reaffirming Arrowhead's commitment to slow them down and provide quality over quantity
By Hirun Cryer published
News We don't know when we'll see Arrowhead's next Warbond
First new Elden Ring patch finally gets Shadow of the Erdtree's annoying Golden Hippopotamus off your back
By Hirun Cryer published
News We all hate the big hippo
The most terrifying bug in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is this one that makes the final boss spawn twice
By Hirun Cryer published
News Yes, he just used a Mimic Tear
Nintendo says it doesn't need generative AI to make games because it has "decades of know-how" and doesn't want any "issues with intellectual property rights"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa speaks on generative AI
Fallout 76's infamously rare masks get even harder to find as Bethesda adds a whole bunch more and the drop rate plummets to 0.238%
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's rough out there
Grape news: Final Fantasy 14's beloved low-poly grapes are still appropriately polygonal after the MMO's huge graphics update
By Hirun Cryer published
News 7.0's big overhaul didn't cull our lovely grapes
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