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
The next Elder Scrolls game officially launches in September, Bethesda opens pre-registration for "spiritual successor to Fallout Shelter" that feels like management sim Skyrim
By Hirun Cryer published
News The Elder Scrolls: Castles it out on September 10
Bioware confirms leaked Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date: the long-awaited RPG launches Halloween 2024
By Hirun Cryer last updated
News Spooky
Monster Hunter Wilds' Switch Axe makes a great time even better with slick new moves and teases a possible new creature
By Hirun Cryer published
News Is that a new beastie?
Overwatch 2 players in shambles as no Egyptian characters have actual Egyptian skins in the very Egyptian Season 12 Battle Pass
By Hirun Cryer published
News Ana does have a new skin, but it doesn't look very Egyptian
Borderlands 3's new update lets players skip to max level in the funniest way possible: starting at the final boss with garbage gear
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's not all bad news, though
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 delayed to February 2025: "We aimed for the end of the year and almost made it"
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's now out right before Valentine's Day
Rockstar veteran added litter to GTA 3 because the streets looked "too clean," but removed it from San Andreas "because I eventually lost the argument" with the rest of the dev team
By Hirun Cryer published
News The story of trash
Until Dawn remake is out right before Halloween, and it'll give you an alternative to the infamous 'Don't Move' moments
By Hirun Cryer published
News It also boasts a reworked camera, lighting, and cinematography
Dark Souls 2 is seeing a resurgence as fans fondly recall the super pig, moaning trees, and a rat boss that's actually a dog
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's Royal Rat Authority time, baby
A Borderlands fan with "16,000 hours worth" of series knowledge reckons the movie has a plot hole involving Zane from Borderlands 3
By Hirun Cryer published
News That's a lot of knowledge
Persona 3 Reload producer apologizes for the third time for excluding Portable's female protagonist, reiterates it's "likely never" happening for the JRPG remake
By Hirun Cryer published
News Sorry, Kotone fans
The original Pokemon movie actor behind Misty and Jessie, Rachael Lillis, has died
By Hirun Cryer published
News Lillis was 46
Assassin's Creed Shadows is "pushing the limits" of what Ubisoft can do on PS5 and Xbox Series X
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's going big on aspects like weather and lighting
Incredibly lucky first-time Dark Souls player survives parkour deathtrap by getting bounced around its notorious swinging axes
By Hirun Cryer published
News Well, I've never seen this happen before
Borderlands 3 rockets up Steam's best-sellers chart to its highest concurrent player counts all year after the Borderlands movie's launch
By Hirun Cryer published
News An unintended side-effect
Online multiplayer game Mecha Break soars past 50,000 concurrent Steam players in its playtest, who all discover just how unhinged its character creator can be
By Hirun Cryer published
News That's 51,382 players, to be precise
Doom: The Dark Ages gameplay reportedly shown at QuakeCon, revealing a revamped glory kill system and a mech with a cannon
By Hirun Cryer published
News That shield-saw is apparently used to traverse the map
"We're back, baby!": Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks have been resurrected by PUBG publisher Krafton, with 50 transferred developers now working on Hi-Fi Rush 2
By Hirun Cryer published
News Microsoft still owns The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo
"I'll own this screwup": Helldivers 2 studio CEO apologizes for balance comments, admits fire weapon nerfs are "disappointing after we had a similar misstep earlier"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Shams Jorjani says a lot of feedback is still positive and useful for Arrowhead, however
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom introduces two new characters to the series, and gives Zelda's dad a massive glow-up
By Hirun Cryer published
News The King of Hyrule returns
For the first time ever in Call of Duty, Black Ops 6's Zombies mode lets you save and quit, and there are some pretty weird reactions to that
By Hirun Cryer published
News Everyone act normal
GTA 6's 2025 release is still on the cards, and while user content won't be the dominant force, its publisher is already "excited" about modding
By Hirun Cryer published
News Take-Two's CEO doesn't think user-generated content is the future
Borderlands 3 gets its second update of 2024 and an excellent quality-of-life feature: you can skip to the end of the shooter if you've already got a max level character
By Hirun Cryer published
News There's also a new auto-sell feature for gear
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