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
Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer worried he'd joined the dev "on the downward curve" as he "thought that Divinity: Original Sin 2 may be the best game Larian will ever make"
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News Adam Smith felt under a lot of pressure
Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica remakes are reportedly in development as Capcom continues its horror remake streak
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News Capcom isn't remaking Resident Evil 5 (for now)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a day one Xbox Game Pass release in a major move for Microsoft's subscription service
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News It's now confirmed
Feline soulslike with Sekiro vibes made by Bloodborne-obsessed devs finally gets its early access release next week
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News Kristala is out on June 6
Valve's unannounced hero shooter had nearly 1,000 concurrent PC players over the past 24 hours - but the developer is staying silent
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News Valve isn't letting anything slip - officially
Helldivers 2 director believes "live service is a good thing" for the industry, but only if games don't "nickel and dime" for skins after charging $70 upfront
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News Johan Pilestedt speaks on live service trends
JRPG legend Yuji Horii hopes Dragon Quest 12 will be a fitting posthumous work for two beloved developers who passed away
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News But there's still not much news to share on the game itself
Baldur's Gate 3 lead says Larian "did start pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4, and they didn't excite us"
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News Narrative lead Adam Smith tells GamesRadar+ about the atmosphere surrounding Baldur's Gate 4
After beating all 165 Elden Ring bosses on the hardest possible difficulty despite being level 1, streamer reckons they might "finally be ready for Shadow of the Erdtree"
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News The playthrough took 269 hours and 2145 deaths
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
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News Does the player themselves count?
Helldivers 2's review-bomb cape might not exist after all, even though the game's director teased it weeks ago
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News Much ado about nothing
Soviet city builder with 14,606 Steam reviews and a 'Very Positive' user score is finally leaving the Early Access Gulag after 5 years
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News Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic arrives on June 20
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
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News Toshihiro Nagoshi reflects on pitching the artist formerly known as Like a Dragon
Persona 3 Reload is getting a 3-hour game trial that might let you fight a battle or two, if you're lucky
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News You're definitely not meeting Ken
Tantalizing new Elden Ring DLC images might be teasing Miquella, a classic FromSoft castle, and an odd Dark Souls 2 reference
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News Is that the Miquella we first saw last year?
This iconic Witcher 3 sword made it into the RPG's best expansion, all because a modder won a replica of it years before
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News One dev reveals his unique history with Aerondight
This year's Call of Duty has been officially confirmed as Black Ops 6, a "dark new chapter" in the franchise
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News The rumors were true
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
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News "I've been lucky to work on several dream projects and am currently excited about a new one"
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
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News "But he's got so much fantastic stuff on his own head, so I would never ask him"
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"
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News REDkit lets players create entire questlines and items
Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"
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News Sony's CEO is the latest to speak on AI implementation in games
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 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"
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News Shams Jorjani is taking over from Johan Pilestedt