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
Diablo 4 leads know you want a sword-and-board Paladin, but after 5 classic classes they wanted to go big on something new: "It's not just about rehashing old content"
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News "We could do that, but the team wanted the opportunity to go big"
Avowed is "targeting 30FPS, bare minimum" on Xbox Series X/S because "you don't necessarily need 60 frames" for a first-person single-player RPG
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News Optimization and stability is apparently "one of the last things you do"
After making 2 acclaimed Wolfenstein FPS games, the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle devs do a complete 180: "Guns shouldn't be your first option"
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News "What would you want to do as Indiana Jones?"
Life is Strange's original director feels "curious" about Max returning in Double Exposure at a different studio
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"I looked at the trailer and I have some ideas of where they're going"
Marvel Rivals' Captain America reveal is good news for all except the Iron Man mains who can now be killed by their own ultimate attack
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News The news has been received warmly, if anything
After a string of poorly received patches, a Helldivers 2 "experimental server" is being actively "worked on" at Arrowhead
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News But there'll need to be NDAs so nothing leaks
Borderlands 4 studio CEO Randy Pitchford says that's not Handsome Jack in the trailer - it's "something far more dangerous"
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News Ugly Jack confirmed
Monster Hunter Wilds players celebrate Capcom lifting gender restrictions on armor after 20 years: "Gonna be the male character with the prettiest dress"
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News This has been a long time coming
Dying Light: The Beast's own lead actor was surprised to be asked back to reprise his role: "I thought I was dead!"
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News Kyle Crane's actor was just as shocked as the rest of us
Diablo 4 devs will "learn a whole bunch" from Vessel of Hatred feedback, and pledge to be "very reactive to the community"
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News Blizzard will assess feedback and apply it to the whole game
Top-down roguelike shooter Section 13 is a pulse-pounding dive into a harrowing research facility and its murderous, mutated subjects
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News After a year in Early Access, exciting roguelike Blackout Protocol is now known as Section 13
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch will put your strategy prowess to the test in a brutal roguelike RPG adventure on a mysterious island, and it's coming to Steam Early Access in November
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News This is the brutal RPG follow-up to 2022's Lost Eidolons
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age puts you in the command chair of tense aerial and naval combat encounters
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News Simulation masters MicroProse Software showcase their upcoming naval combat sim and it's out later this year
Dying Light is coming for Resident Evil's horror crown: "We want to be the ultimate zombie experience - you think zombie game, you say Dying Light"
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News Techland's dreaming big
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5 because "it's a strategy that works for us" and "our franchises are getting stronger"
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News Microsoft is also expecting a return on its investment
Borderlands 4 is set on an "all-new planet" rather than series mainstay Pandora
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News We're breaking new ground
Monster Hunter Wilds: Everything we know so far about Capcom's new game
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News Everything we know about Monster Hunter Wilds, the follow-up to Monster Hunter World
Putting the Borderlands 4 reveal just 2 weeks after the Borderlands movie's $90m flop is being hailed as Randy Pitchford's ultimate "big brain move"
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News "Damage control at it’s finest"
Tomb Raider fans in shambles after Lara Croft turns up at Opening Night Live as part of a Naraka: Bladepoint crossover, not the long-overdue new game they got excited for
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News The last Tomb Raider game was nearly 6 years ago
After 8 years and multiple expansions, Firaxis had to make Civilization 7 because Civ 6 "was getting too big for its britches"
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News Civilization 7 is also solving a huge problem by dividing campaigns into three ages
Mafia: The Old Country is going "back to the roots of what fans love about the Mafia franchise," and acts as a prequel in 1900s Sicily
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News It's out next year
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is getting a new PvE co-op dungeon that sounds like a full-blown raid
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News There's also a new dungeon with player control over loot
Marvel Rivals reveals Captain America and The Winter Soldier, and confirms its leaked December release date
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News All heroes will be unlocked at launch