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
Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree focusing on Miquella is about "completing Elden Ring's circle" and honoring George R.R. Martin's contributions to the open-world RPG
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News Sounds like Miquella was a Martin creation
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat nears Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss after 51 hours and 536 deaths, challenging his legendary run of the base game
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News He's blitzing through it
What are Hidetaka Miyazaki's favorite FromSoftware games now that Elden Ring is finished? "Dark Souls and Bloodborne left a very big impression," the president says
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News I'm sure this will be a big comfort to someone, maybe
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said Shadow of the Erdtree would be hard, and he wasn't kidding: "I'm getting stomped"
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News "Everything hits like a bus"
Former PlayStation head says we need to "get this platform war thing out of the way" and "get down to one standard home console"
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News Shawn Layden believes the technical separations between PlayStation and Xbox are negligible
Elden Ring veterans are celebrating Shadow of the Erdtree's launch by helping others beat Mohg so they can join them in the Lands of Shadow
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News "I'll heal you and die for you if I have to"
Returning Elden Ring veterans are being humbled by an early Shadow of the Erdtree boss that drops some of the best armor in the game, if you can beat the big brute
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News Blackgaol Knight is no joke
Git gud and buy the DLC, please: Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says getting people to beat Mohg and Radahn was key to Shadow of the Erdtree marketing
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News The two bosses as the entry requirement presented a "unique challenge"
Helldivers 2's Spear Stratagem is literally crashing the war effort, but Arrowhead is "looking into it"
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News That's not very democratic
Shin Megami Tensei 5’s excellent re-release sells 500,000 copies in 3 days, pushing the Atlus JRPG series closer to its more popular spin-off Persona
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News Persona 3 Reload sold one million copies in its opening week
Elden Ring patch 1.12 lets you summon Torrent during the RPG's final boss fight after 2 long years, and fans are losing it: "It's peak already!"
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News Torrent can now join in the fun
Elden Ring scholar makes a dictionary for every name in the RPG, somehow already including Shadow of the Erdtree, and it’s worthy of the Raya Lucaria library
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News Just in time for the DLC
How did Persona 5, Persona 3, and now Metaphor: ReFantazio achieve some of the best UI in JRPG history? Its veteran Atlus director stresses "unity" and support for dev teams
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News "We, the entire team, have been really focused on making really good UI since Persona 3"
Danganronpa creator went into debt for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy after the strategy RPG was canceled at its original publisher
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News And unfortunately, the studio is still in debt
Larian CEO says Baldur's Gate 3's full-on mod support will mark the moment the studio passes the reigns to the RPG's community: "Now it's yours fully"
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News Work on the modding isn't yet finished, though
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D studio admits revealing the remake of the iconic JRPG over 3 years ago was "too early"
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News Team Asano will be thinking about this long and hard
Elden Ring manga goes on a brief hiatus after its author decides that he would rather be playing Shadow of the Erdtree
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News He's dreaming of the glowing worm, as are we all
Former Dragon Age boss now consulting on The Veilguard says the RPG really is "the best Dragon Age game that I've ever played"
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News Mark Darrah has high praise for BioWare's latest
Danganronpa creators return with a strategy RPG set in yet another murderous school, coming early next year
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News The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is out next year
Nintendo reveals The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which makes Zelda the hero for the first time in 38 years and looks just like the Link's Awakening remake
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News And it's out on September 26
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first new entry in the series in almost 9 years, and it boasts "evolved bros moves"
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News Brothership is out on November 7
Two classic RPG remasters just launched on Steam out of nowhere, freeing them from Nintendo Switch exclusivity
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News Baten Kaitos 1 & 2 HD Remaster is out now on Steam
Silent Hill 3 designer went to real-life ruins to find inspiration for the horror game - but they found Robbie the Rabbit's inspiration in a literal mascot
By Hirun Cryer published
News "The abnormal within the normal"