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

PlayStation
Uncharted co-creator Amy Hennig calls out game development "arms race," says Uncharted 3 deadline was "insane"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News Former Naughty Dog dev talks the unsettling future of AAA game dev as crunch culture continues to intensify

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PlayStation
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 lead says longer isn't always better for games: "Our job is to make sure that you feel no matter how long it is, it's worth that money"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The superhero sequel aims for more memorable moments, rather than a long campaign

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Paradox Interactive
Cities: Skylines 2 dev says they were "caught off guard" by the success of the original city-builder after it sold 40 times more than their expectations

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News 8 years later, the devs are still surprised by how the successful the original game was

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Rocksteady Games
Mark Hamill explains why the Batman Arkham games allowed him to be "a whole new Joker"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The most famous Joker has some high praise for Rocksteady's games

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Nintendo threw out 6 months of work on Super Mario Bros Wonder "live commentary" including a "tsundere" voice I really need to hear

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News Just imagine how harsh it would have been on the more challenging stages...

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Puzzmo
Acclaimed puzzle designer known for weird games gives Wordle some competition: "I have been working on this project, in secret, for almost 2 years"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News A new type of word puzzle game enters the fray

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Go On Board
The Witcher board game hits crowdfunding target in under 5 minutes, quickly blows past $1 million to unlock every stretch goal

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The Witcher: The Path of Destiny is putting up huge numbers already

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Free Range Games
Lord of the Rings survival game goes 'Mithril' as the PS5 version gets delayed to December

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News "Speak friend and enter"

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PlayStation
The infamous "boat people" are now gone in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The superhero sequel now features only fully formed humans in NYC.

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Blizzard
After Season 2, Diablo 4 finally has good mounts: "The horse is really good now, can't believe I am saying this"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News In addition to the mounts, the update also adds tweaks to dungeons, items, and other aspects of the game

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Devolver Digital
The Plucky Squire devs explain how challenging the wild 2D to 3D gameplay was to pull off: "Can we do this? Is this even possible?"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News Jumping from one realm to another with ease

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros Wonder's Dark Souls-style multiplayer was ironically inspired by a push to make the game easier after some devs struggled

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The new "live player shadows" aims to offer a helping hand, instead of more troubles

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Fairgames trailer
Assassin's Creed creator and MMO veteran sound off about AI in game dev: "The money is still going to drive absolutely everybody to do it"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News AI is here, and game developers are already looking to the future

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Harebrained Schemes
Just a week after calling sales of its latest game "a big disappointment," Paradox says it's parting ways with Shadowrun dev

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The developer behind The Lamplighters League will still continue to support the game till 2024

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Nintendo
Super Mario Bros Wonder devs were allowed "to prioritize content over schedule" - so they ended up with 2,000 sticky notes of inspiration

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The next 2D Mario game is quite the departure for Nintendo as well

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Nintendo
Super Mario 64 speedrunner chips an extra second off the "most cringe world record" in history

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News Someone has upped the ante on cringeworthy speedrunning finishes

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Steam
The Witcher 4 dev on avoiding another Cyberpunk 2077 console disaster: "We need to make sure they're functioning from the get-go"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News CDPR says it's learned its lesson

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Steam
The return of a classic strategy game was one of the biggest Steam Next Fest demos

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News Stronghold Definitive Edition looks to be a big comeback for the original 2001 game

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Steam
Chrono Trigger meets Undertale in this turn-based time-loop RPG – it's out next month and you can try it now

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News In Stars and Time is an RPG about failing until you succeed

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Microsoft
Minecraft is now the first video game to sell over 300 million copies

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Mojang's open-ended builder shows no signs of slowing anytime soon.

Adventure Games
Steam
Viral horror game requires a microphone and has a brutal game over condition - you die if you scream

By Alessandro Fillari Published

News The new horror game Don't Scream takes its title quite literally

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Bungie
Original Halo devs reveal how much had to be sacrificed to create the iconic shooter: "We shipped at least one level we shouldn't have"

By Alessandro Fillari Published

news Many sacrifices had to be made in order for Bungie to ship Halo: Combat Evolved

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Dragon's Dogma 2
Dragon's Dogma 2 upgrades the original's sweeping sense of adventure

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Preview Hands-on | We played an hour of Capcom's open-world action RPG, and it's so far just as thrilling as the original

Preview
Path of Exile 2
Path of Exile 2 devs want you to feel like you're "breaking the game" with class skills

By Alessandro Fillari Published

Features Interview | The creators of the RPG sequel explain their open-ended approach to character progression

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