Alyssa Mercante used to be a features writer at GamesRadar+ and is now a freelance writer and editor. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's degree in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing on contemporary indie games. She spends most of her time playing competitive shooters and in-depth RPGs and was recently on a PAX Panel about the best bars in video games. In her spare time Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.
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Features For Pride Month, we spoke to Respawn about Apex Legends and its inclusive cast of LGBTQIA+ characters

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Features From mo-cap dog suits to using office cats for inspiration, here's how devs approach realistic in-game animals

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News We don't have many details yet, but Blizzard is promising a comprehensive Overwatch 2 battle pass breakdown

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Features Overwatch 2 free-to-play is great for access but could be a nightmare for hero balances and gameplay

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Features Bethesda wants you to feel like a small part of a much larger universe, which is where the Starfield 1000 planet boast comes into play

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Features I went hands-on with At Dusk Falls and learned a lot about myself

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Preview Expect A Plague Tale: Requiem gameplay to make you feel uneasy, queasy, and downright scared

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Preview Chatting with Infinity Ward about what to expect from the Modern Warfare 2 campaign

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News Infinity Ward is leaning into wild field upgrades and equipment with Modern Warfare 2

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Preview We spoke with the team behind Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, which is bigger and wilder than ever before

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Preview Stray, an upcoming indie from Annapurna Interactive, is a gamified love letter to cats

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Features PUBG: Battlegrounds may be free-to-play but it hasn't gotten any easier to play for newcomers

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Features My love for FemShep knows no bounds, but BioWare would have to do some serious back-bends to pull off her return

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Features The sounds of the Halo franchise are iconic, and so are the ways 343 Industries makes them

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Features Paramount Plus' Halo series subverts expectations in brilliant ways, making for a meaningful and unexpected video game adaptation

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News There were rumors of a Daredevil reboot swirling back in March

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News The other versions of the iconic characters could be played by Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, and Hari Nef

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Features The Apex Legends Ranked changes promote teamwork and survival over anything else

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News The studio has released a "diversity space tool" that it's using to "inspire game teams" to create more diverse characters

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Features The introduction of Godzilla and Kong makes Warzone the stuff of legend

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News "The games are our backstory," says Netflix's Resident Evil showrunner and writer, Andrew Dabb

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