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
Good news, Tarnished: Your Scadutree Fragments carry over in the Elden Ring DLC, so you won't start back at square one as New Game Plus gets harder
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News Thanks, FromSoftware
As Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail looms, fans gather to wave goodbye to the expansion that ended a 10-year saga
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News Farewell to Endwalker
Elden Ring streamer shows you can simply bludgeon Shadow of the Erdtree's awful final boss to death - in just 50 seconds and with only 11 hits
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News Yes, they used Bloodfiend's Arm
Shadow of the Erdtree just got easier: Elden Ring's first DLC patch makes Scadutree buffs stronger in the early game, and a little stronger later too
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News The first half of Blessing levels now deal out bigger rewards
Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR has re-playable bosses and that means the loot is already off the charts
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News Remember, this is all one big experiment
Bandai Namco says "there are things I can't reveal at the moment" about a new Tales of game, sending RPG hopefuls wild
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News "Woahhhhhh"
Terrifying Shadow of the Erdtree animation glitch turns one of the DLC's cool new swords into a kind of body horror that would fit right into Bloodborne
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News The Unending Dance gets literal
"It's friggin' Monster Hunter!": Shadow of the Erdtree brought giant katanas to Elden Ring, and Monster Hunter Longsword sickos are loving them
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News "It's triangle, circle, triangle!"
This is a Shadow of the Erdtree PSA: The DLC has its own version of Dark Souls Crystal Lizards and you do not want to ignore them
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News Seriously, don't ignore them!
Elden Ring streamer Kai Cenat has spent over 50 hours and 500 deaths trying to defeat Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss - longer than it took to get there from the DLC's start
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News It's been a long journey
Helldivers 2's new patch finally fixes the Spear Stratagem, hopefully for good
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News Aiming was the root cause all along
"It's already a 10/10 for me": Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her has high praise for Shadow of the Erdtree thanks to its greatest addition – a really big pot helmet
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News The Greatjar helmet is a hit
Not content with beating Elden Ring with nothing but her brain, the mind-controlling streamer is back and battering Shadow of the Erdtree's tough bosses
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News Yes, with her mind
Cities: Skylines 2 finally unleashes its huge "Economy 2.0" patch with reworked rent and a fix for death waves, but it'll also kill a bunch of your citizens
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news These rent calculations are a lot to process
Elden Ring publisher quietly calls out players who think Shadow of the Erdtree is too hard
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News Don't forget your Scadutree
Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree focusing on Miquella is about "completing Elden Ring's circle" and honoring George R.R. Martin's contributions to the open-world RPG
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News Sounds like Miquella was a Martin creation
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat nears Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss after 51 hours and 536 deaths, challenging his legendary run of the base game
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News He's blitzing through it
What are Hidetaka Miyazaki's favorite FromSoftware games now that Elden Ring is finished? "Dark Souls and Bloodborne left a very big impression," the president says
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News I'm sure this will be a big comfort to someone, maybe
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said Shadow of the Erdtree would be hard, and he wasn't kidding: "I'm getting stomped"
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News "Everything hits like a bus"
Former PlayStation head says we need to "get this platform war thing out of the way" and "get down to one standard home console"
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News Shawn Layden believes the technical separations between PlayStation and Xbox are negligible
Elden Ring veterans are celebrating Shadow of the Erdtree's launch by helping others beat Mohg so they can join them in the Lands of Shadow
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News "I'll heal you and die for you if I have to"
Returning Elden Ring veterans are being humbled by an early Shadow of the Erdtree boss that drops some of the best armor in the game, if you can beat the big brute
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News Blackgaol Knight is no joke
Git gud and buy the DLC, please: Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says getting people to beat Mohg and Radahn was key to Shadow of the Erdtree marketing
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News The two bosses as the entry requirement presented a "unique challenge"