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
Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far
By Hirun Cryer last updated
Features That's it for Summer 2024, and Hollow Knight Silksong is still at large
The best Deadlock hero has a whopping 93% pick rate, and it's wiping the floor thanks to its "low skill ceiling" and huge area-of-effect attacks
By Hirun Cryer published
News Seven has won a staggering 58.93% of all matches played
13 years after it was taken offline, a legendary Star Wars MMO helped influence Star Wars Outlaws' iteration of Tatooine
By Hirun Cryer published
News Outlaws expands on the versions of the planet we've seen before
Helldivers 2 players just miss out on unlocking the Orbital Napalm Barrage - after Arrowhead itself leaked the Stratagem last month
By Hirun Cryer published
News Fans weren't able to collectively eliminate 500 million Automatons in time
Assassin's Creed Shadows is bringing back double assassinations for the first time in 9 years, and there's a weird lore theory as to why
By Hirun Cryer published
News Naoe's wielding a hidden blade and a tanto
"They don't care about you": Dev delays upcoming Soulslike Enotria "indefinitely" as it claims Xbox has ignored its emails "for 2 months"
By Hirun Cryer published
News "Obviously they don't care about Enotria and they don't care about you"
Self-professed Star Wars Outlaws "tourist" brilliantly recreates Tatooine stills from A New Hope
By Hirun Cryer published
News Star Wars Outlaws' Tatooine is staggeringly accurate
Iconic Mass Effect and Metal Gear Solid actor Jennifer Hale warns "AI is coming for all of us," and it can "destroy who you are"
By Hirun Cryer published
News The veteran actor also urges fans to ask their Congressional representatives to vote in favor of bills against AI
Valve's new hero shooter Deadlock exceeds 150,000 concurrents despite still being invite-only as a new Portal 2 reference appears in-game
By Hirun Cryer published
News That sure is a familiar teleporter logo
Hideo Kojima celebrates Metal Gear Solid 5's 9th anniversary by remembering how he did basically "everything"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Alexa, play Humble by Kendrick Lamar
Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy top long-time Mario actor Charles Martinet's list of favorite Mario games, but "Luigi's Mansion just touches my little heart"
By Hirun Cryer published
News Martinet's drawing plenty of praise for his picks
inZOI: Everything we know so far about the upcoming Sims 4 competitor
By Hirun Cryer published
Features Here's all the details on the inZOI release window, gameplay, trailer, and more news
Call of Duty voice chat reaches its final form, gives enemy players a way to scream at you mere inches from your ear by using you as a meat shield
By Hirun Cryer published
News This can only go badly
Hollow Knight: Silksong fans tragically trolled by a random Steam update listed as "for beta testing"
By Hirun Cryer published
News It actually was too good to be true
Cyberpunk 2077 sequel will "double the headcount" at its studio as it nears the end of its research phase
By Hirun Cryer published
News CD Projekt's joint-CEO gives an update
Hideo Kojima says he's working on Death Stranding 2's "specs and flow," and adding details, abating fan fears of a larger overhaul
By Hirun Cryer published
News Chill
4 years after it was destroyed, Call of Duty: Warzone's Verdansk map will make a comeback in 2025
By Hirun Cryer published
News The original Verdansk was obliterated in 2021
The Witcher 4 has made "substantial progress" in 2024 and will soon advance to the "full production phase"
By Hirun Cryer published
News It's good news for the sequel
Metroid co-creator and a Nintendo veteran of 42 years came out of writing retirement just to work on the first Famicom Detective Club game in 35 years
By Hirun Cryer published
News Yoshio Sakamoto has a very long history with the Famicom Detective Club series
Mafia: The Old Country – Everything we know so far about the new game
By Hirun Cryer published
Features Mafia: The Old Country is coming in 2025! Here's everything you need to know about the new game ahead of its release date
Monster Hunter Wilds took over 5 years to make partly because Monster Hunter World blew up so hard that Capcom had to figure out what all these new fans would want
By Hirun Cryer published
News Selling 26.3 million copies is a hard act to follow
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director wants no part of the debate on whether Final Fantasy 17 should be turn-based, because Square Enix can do "whatever they want with it" and it'll still succeed
By Hirun Cryer published
News Guillaume Broche has big praise for Square Enix's franchise
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an "homage" to the RPGs of old, and its director wants players to "break the game with crazy builds"
By Hirun Cryer published
Preview Preview | Sandfall's debut game has been just three years in the making, and it looks stunning
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