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 sparks hopes for better co-op in future FromSoftware games, says they'll "consider" ideas like Elden Ring co-op mod with 3.7 million downloads
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News Seamless Co-op has been downloaded over 3.7 million times
Todd Howard says Bethesda doesn't need to rush out a new RPG because of the Fallout TV show's success: "I don't think it's bad for people to miss things"
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News Games like The Elder Scrolls 6 will be ready when they're ready
Lords of the Fallen gets a sequel in 2026, but likely Epic Game Store exclusivity means the follow-up to one of 2023's biggest Soulslikes might not come to Steam
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News CI Games signs a lifetime deal for Lords of the Fallen's sequel
Helldivers 2 troopers in shambles after learning an unaddressed bug is likely halting them mid-sprint, not their controllers or keyboards giving out
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News Your shift key is innocent
As Elden Ring DLC leaks hit the web, FromSoftware asks fans to "be mindful" of those who want to play Shadow of the Erdtree without spoilers
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News Spoilers are seemingly still being leaked online
Astro Bot was the most-wishlisted game from Summer Game Fest - beating Doom: The Dark Ages and Gears of War: E-Day
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News Over 43,000 wishlists were taken into account
Elden Ring gets huge quality-of-life features patch right before Shadow of the Erdtree, including an inventory change I've wanted for years
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News There's also a tweak to Summoning Pools
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P shoots down speculation he's remaking FF9 - and that he'd morph the turn-based JRPG into an action game, thank you very much
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News That's enough of that
Former Mass Effect devs' new sci-fi RPG Exodus has planets that will actively try and kill you
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News Bleeding profusely through my nose? Lovely
Helldivers 2 studio CEO says you’re not getting a story mode because “that’s like building an entirely new game”
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News “Sorry bro”
Monster Hunter Wilds director wants to create the series' biggest ecosystem yet by pushing the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S "to the max"
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News "I want to use the specs of the hardware to the max in order to depict as convincing a living, breathing world"
Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider responds to The Veilguard getting Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons, says Larian's true impact on RPGs won't be felt for "a few more years"
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News The reason? Ballooning development cycles
To prepare for Final Fantasy 14's first new saga in over 10 years with Dawntrail, Yoshi-P says you'll want to finish one of the MMO's best-ever raid series'
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News You'll also need to remember the Convocation of the Fourteen, curiously
After 20 years, why does Monster Hunter Wilds have Palicoes speak human languages? Because "there's so much going on" that a cat yelling at you is actually useful
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News Speak up
Monster Hunter Wilds fans in shambles to learn the beloved 'baby Pukei-Pukei' they would "die for" is actually just a regular old bird: "My wife just said she is no longer interested"
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News It wasn't meant to be
Diablo 4 gets a PTR server for Season 5, hot off Season 4's widely popular PTR that changed the RPG's loot system for the better
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News Blizzard finally commits to another PTR
Helldivers 2's new patch goes weapons-free on buffing and nerfing Stratagems, plus improving the Galactic War table with new supply lines
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News It's a big ol' update
We asked the Monster Hunter Wilds leads about a hot fan theory the RPG is a Monster Hunter 4 throwback: "We've seen that you're speculating"
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News Capcom is fine to let us speculate
Capcom has seen you thirsting over Monster Hunter Wilds' Gemma, including fan art: "It's honestly gone beyond our expectations"
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News Ryozo Tsujimoto knows what you've been up to
Metal Gear Solid 3 remake has a 'Legacy Style' control scheme and visual filter to "faithfully recreate the screen look" of the original 2004 stealth game
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News The yellow filter is thriving in 2024
After a 15-year wait, a beloved Square Enix JRPG series finally gets another mainline entry in 2 months as Visions of Mana gets August release date
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News The new JRPG nails its original release window
Phantom Blade Zero's director says the fast-paced action RPG isn't "another Soulslike" because the developer isn't trying to ape FromSoftware games
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News It also doesn't feature respawning enemies after checkpoints and deaths
Epic Games Store database launches out of nowhere, immediately sparks hopes of a Final Fantasy 9 remake, Red Dead Redemption PC port, and so much more before going down
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News Epic has since revoked third-party tool access to "unpublished products"