Alyssa Mercante

Alyssa Mercante

Former Features Writer

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.

Latest articles by Alyssa Mercante

Modern Warfare 2 screenshot
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 beta dates and times

By Josh West Last updated

News The Modern Warfare 2 beta end time and date is fast approaching

News
Roccat Vulcan II Mini keyboard
Roccat Vulcan II Mini keyboard review: "The lights will dazzle you"

By Alyssa Mercante Published

Review The Roccat Vulcan II Mini is striking and small, with a great feel and smart layout that's somewhat mired by pricepoint and limiting software

Review
Call of Duty Rust map
Modern Warfare 2 teases us with a crumb of Rust

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News The fan-favorite Call of Duty map makes a cameo in Modern Warfare 2

News
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2 menus are confusing the hell out of players

By Alyssa Mercante Last updated

News Can you decipher the Modern Warfare 2 menus?

News
Forspoken
New Forspoken gameplay makes magic parkour look pretty good, actually

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Forspoken should have shown this gameplay months ago as the magic parkour looks sick

News
Overwatch 2 artwork logo with Sojourn, Doomfist, and Junker Queen
Blizzard pulls disturbing Overwatch 2 custom game mode

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Content warning: this story contains discussions of sexual violence

News
Life-sized robotic Jolteon
This robot dog in a Jolteon costume is adorably terrifying

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News I, for one, welcome our new Jolteon overlords

News
Apex Legends Catalyst
Apex Legends Catalyst is coming for the scan meta's throat

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News The newest Legend Catalyst is going to seriously shake up the existing Apex Legends meta

News
Overwatch 2
The Overwatch 2 Witch Kiriko skin is scary expensive

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News "$25 for that lol! What a laugh," writes a popular Overwatch 2 streamer

News
Overwatch 2 Halloween Terror
Overwatch 2 Halloween event is a good sign for PvE but a bad sign for monetization

By Alyssa Mercante Published

Opinion Overwatch 2's new take on Junkenstein's Revenge is a blast, but monetization is killing the fun yet again

Opinion
Bloodborne
Obviously fake "Bloodborne Mobile" rated G in Australia

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news Bloodborne fans are not having a good October

news
Doctor Who
David Tennant's Doctor Who return brought back this lapsed Whovian

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News The Power of the Doctor did the almost impossible: gave Jodie Whittaker a brilliant sendoff and brought back my favorite Doctor. Now I’m hooked all over again.

News
Slow Roads
Check out this supremely chill driving sim you can play in your web browser

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news Slow Roads is a procedurally generated driving sim that's free-to-play in any web browser

news
Apex Legends Broken Moon
Apex Legends devs "cherry-picked" the best features from other maps for Broken Moon

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Broken Moon is all about larger POIs and fast map traversal

News
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) screenshot
Modern Warfare 2 has such a realistic version of Amsterdam I can taste the stroopwafels

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News A Modern Warfare 2 campaign mission takes place in an astonishingly beautiful Amsterdam

News
House of the Dragon Negroni Sbagliato meme
The House of the Dragon Negroni Sbagliato meme has now infected Google

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke's viral TikTok gets a Google Easter egg

News
The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator Game Pack
The Sims 5 hype can be summed up with two words: throw pillows

By Alyssa Mercante Published

Opinion The Project Rene sneak peek showed off some interesting Sims 5 build options

Opinion
The Sims 4 High School Years
The Sims 5 mobile support has Simmers worried

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news "If it’s going to support both PC and mobile you know it’s going to be basically a mobile game"

news
Apex Legends Catalyst
The Apex Legends team on making Catalyst "inescapably trans" and proud

By Alyssa Mercante Last updated

Interview Catalyst was created with the support of trans employees at Respawn, a representative at GLAAD, and the character's voice actor Meli Grant

Interview
The Sims 4
The Sims 4 is adding a curated space for downloadable mods and custom content

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news The Sims 4 and Overwolf will make downloading mods and custom content even easier

news
The Sims 4
The Sims 4 will get infants alongside two new expansions next year

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news One of the most sought-after Sims features is coming early 2023

news
The Sims 4 High School Years expansion
The Sims 5 announced as Project Rene, will include "collaborative play"

By Alyssa Mercante Published

news The news came during the Behind The Sims Summit Stream

news
Apex Legends Catalyst
New Apex Legends character Catalyst is an out and proud transgender woman

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Respawn worked with GLAAD to ensure Catalyst is handled with respect and reverence

News
Overwatch 2 sombra emp animation blizzard image
Despite divisive Overwatch 2 meta, Blizzard is "not planning any immediate balance changes"

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Looks like Sombra will continue to dominate Overwatch 2 until further notice

News
Overwatch 2 heroes battling
Overwatch 2 is boosting competitive ranks after players "ranked too low"

By Alyssa Mercante Published

News Competitive players should see a more generous ranking system

News
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