Alessandro Fillari

Alessandro Fillari

Freelance Writer

Alessandro is a freelance writer and editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has covered the games, tech, and entertainment industries for more than 13 years. Having previously worked at GameSpot, CNET, and various other outlets writing features and coordinating event coverage, Alessandro enjoys playing games on PC, but also gives plenty of time to his Nintendo Switch. You can find him on various socials at @afillari.

Latest articles by Alessandro Fillari

After playing Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, this huge expansion is the second wind the game needs

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on I played the new expansion for Capcom's beast-slaying action game, and it's a much-needed refresh with a more interesting, better-developed endgame

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Wingman Little Bee is in a jet in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, with blue skies behind, with the orange GamesRadar+ Summer Preview 2026 frame
Ace Combat 8 channels Top Gun Maverick's jet-powered thrills, and I can't wait to get back in the cockpit

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Summer Preview Summer Preview | After going hands-on, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve already feels like a step up from its predecessor

Summer Preview
A character from Code Vein 2 with an eyepatch framed with GamesRadar+ Big in 2026 decorations
Code Vein 2 is Dark Souls through an anime lens, and one surprisingly emotional dungeon proves Bandai Namco has raised the stakes

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Preview Big in 2026 | Bandai Namco's Soulslike sequel already feels like a step up from its predecessor in many ways

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Phantom Blade Zero Game Awards trailer
Phantom Blade Zero devs want their kung-fu game to shake up the action genre, and I'm already spellbound

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Preview Hands-on | S-Game's upcoming action-adventure game that channels fierce kung-fu battles with challenging spectacle action

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A screenshot shows a young woman holding out a blue pouch
Phantom Blade Zero lead says the advice he's taking from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads is to "cut things" from the action RPG

By George Young Published

News "The most important thing is to delete things"

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The Facilitator talks to a robot with a friendly face in D-topia
I've been grappling with the AI future of humanity through playing D-topia, a cozy narrative mystery that asks us to consider just how much friction we need to thrive

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | D-topia is a narrative puzzle-adventure from Annapurna Interactive that aims to deliver some cozy vibes while keeping you busy with running a utopia

Hands-on
Key art for Demi and the Fractured Dream showing Demi, antlers poking through a hood, running through ruins sword in hand
Zelda, Okami, and Jak & Daxter inspired Demi and the Fractured Dream, its devs tell me, and I can feel it after playing only one dungeon

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | Demi and the Fractured Dream draws from the legacy of classic 3D action games for its dark fantasy adventure

Hands-on
Cadence sings on stage with a pink background and a star design in People of Note
The "JRPG renaissance" has empowered this musical game about using sick beats in battle: "I love musicals, and I'm a massive fan of Hamilton"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | People of Note is JRPG-inspired musical adventure: "You just can't beat having a catchy song, and we wanted to bring that into video games"

Hands-on
A character holds a tiny pig with goggles in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Capcom's committed to returning to JRPGs in a big way with Monster Hunter Stories 3: "As Capcom developers, we're able to add our interpretation of what a JRPG is today"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | We played Capcom's next turn-based Monster Hunter RPG, and learned some insights from the devs about what the growing popularity of JRPGs means for the series

Hands-on
A character takes a selfie in Ananta on the streets of Nova City as a man in boxers tries to hand him a flyer, from the PlayStation gameplay trailer
Ananta isn't just a free anime take on GTA, but folds in Spider-Man style swinging and Uncharted levels of action that I've enjoyed playing

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | Along with exploring Ananta's GTA-style open world, lead producer Ash Qi discusses the dev team's core inspirations, which includes Marvel's Avengers

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Skate reboot screenshots
I played 4 hours of the new Skate and caught up with developer Full Circle, who believes "this is the best Skate has ever felt or played"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Preview Preview | The cult-favorite series' reboot came about because Skate fans kept showing off on social media

Preview
Deadpool blasts enemies in a car chase in Marvel's Deadpool VR, with a comic styled 'BOOM!' on screen
Deadpool VR stars Neil Patrick Harris as the merc with a mouth, and its super slick combat has impressed me so far

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Hands-on | Twisted Pixel's Deadpool VR action game is all about getting you in the shoes of the Merc with a Mouth

Hands-on
Mio and Zoe encounter a Sandfish in a ruined sandy world in Split Fiction
Split Fiction ups the ante on It Takes Two's wacky co-op action, while showing why human creativity still matters

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Hands-on Game director Josef Fares explains why Split Fiction is about human stories, and wonders why other developers aren't making more co-op games

Hands-on
A character t-posing in to a T
Katamari Damacy creator's next game is all about being normal while stuck t-posing at the same time

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | To a T presents an upbeat and bizarre puzzle adventure game about living with an odd quirk

Big in 2025
Faraway is a minimalist outer space puzzle game that was inspired by high level Tetris mastery

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Big in 2025 | This universe spanning puzzle game is all about building up momentum to be a shooting star

Puzzle Games
Wanderstop is a cozy management sim about a burned-out warrior who'd much rather be fighting than running a tea shop

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | The creator of The Stanley Parable offers up his take on the cozy game genre

Big in 2025
Big in 2025 montage for Wheel World, showing a character speeding forwards on a bicycle, with screenshots showing more cycling
“We loved making this into a goofy, irreverent, and kind of chill experience”: Wheel World celebrates bike culture with its vibey open world

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Big in 2025 | Take your bike onto the open road with this strange yet chill adventure game.

The Monk tears through enemies in Path of Exile 2
Path of Exile 2 review: "A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

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BioWare
Mass Effect director uses an influx of new players to remind everyone that the RPG trilogy has one DLC you should definitely "make sure you play"

By Alessandro Fillari Last updated

News Perhaps we will once again broke some shadows

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Sea of Stars screenshot
Sea of Stars developer Sabotage Studio is mainly inspired by two things: Nintendo, and "every single game ever"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The game directors says that Nintendo is just the "motherlode" of what you can learn about game design

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Square Enix
Visions of Mana director joins Square Enix following layoffs at Ouka Studios

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The game director is excited to work on games that "people will enjoy!"

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A screenshot from Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic's new World Maps DLC.
Manor Lords publisher's best-selling soviet city-builder announces second DLC that's all about bringing socialism to the USA and Europe

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News "Socialism knows no borders!"

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NeoWiz Games
The next game from the Lies of P devs is reportedly a sci-fi survival horror

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News They've also got the DLC for Lies of P set for Q1 2025

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Facepunch Studios
Garry's Mod dev says he didn't want to sell it originally because no one would pay for it – 25 million copies later, he admits he was wrong

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News We'll never get away from Skibidi Toilet

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
As the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga nears its end, OG FF7 director says he's glad "we didn't mess it up"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News They're going all in on the upcoming third installment

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