Alessandro Fillari
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
Path of Exile 2 review: "A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure"
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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"
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News Perhaps we will once again broke some shadows
Sea of Stars developer Sabotage Studio is mainly inspired by two things: Nintendo, and "every single game ever"
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News The game directors says that Nintendo is just the "motherlode" of what you can learn about game design
Visions of Mana director joins Square Enix following layoffs at Ouka Studios
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News The game director is excited to work on games that "people will enjoy!"
Manor Lords publisher's best-selling soviet city-builder announces second DLC that's all about bringing socialism to the USA and Europe
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News "Socialism knows no borders!"
The next game from the Lies of P devs is reportedly a sci-fi survival horror
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News They've also got the DLC for Lies of P set for Q1 2025
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
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News We'll never get away from Skibidi Toilet
As the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga nears its end, OG FF7 director says he's glad "we didn't mess it up"
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News They're going all in on the upcoming third installment
World of Warcraft got its iconic MMO quest markers thanks to Metal Gear Solid
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News 20 years later, WoW is still going strong
Marvel's answer to Overwatch is almost here, as Marvel Rivals finally goes gold
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News More comic-book multiverse hijinks awaits on December 6
Troy Baker originally turned down playing Indiana Jones, but took the job because it wasn't about doing "a bang on impression" of Harrison Ford
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News One legendary game developer was very skeptical about Baker portraying Dr. Jones
Avowed is "an evolution" of Obsidian's past RPGs, including The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas
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News Pillars of Eternity lives on with Avowed
This Half-Life: Alyx mod lets you play the entire VR game without VR, but many fans wonder why you'd want to
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News "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
One of the biggest mobile games ever gets a surprise 4X city-builder sequel, and its dev is "absolutely not" confident in its $2 price tag: "It's a huge gamble!"
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news Following Plague Inc., the creator is ready to "make a more happy and optimistic game this time"
Keanu Reeves is somehow an even more perfect sci-fi dirtbag in Secret Level's Armored Core adaptation than he was in Cyberpunk 2077
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news The latest teaser for Amazon Prime Video's video game inspired anthology series gives Keanu Reeves the spotlight
Black Ops 6 fan gets a head start learning the new Zombies map by visiting the real-life location that influenced it
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News COD Zombies players will always try to one-up each other
The Witcher 4 dev says it takes 5-6 years to make a game after the idea's conception - but isn't saying when The Witcher 4 was thought up
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News Game development obviously takes a lot of time
Batman: Arkham Shadow channels the best of classic Arkham in VR, sticking surprisingly close to the formula while doing its own thing
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Preview Preview | Camouflaj's Batman sequel makes excellent use of VR to revisit the Arkhamverse
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review: "A stunning throwback to a classic Capcom era"
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Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC rolls out a wacky roguelite dungeon crawler mode with shades of Nier Automata
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Preview Preview | Nintendo's next Splatoon expansion adds a new story campaign and more
Tekken 8 has what it takes to challenge Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1 for the fighting game throne
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Preview Big in 2024 |Bandai Namco's next 3D fighter is set to elevate the joys of playing Tekken in big, unexpected ways
Tekken 8's Kuma gets a new trailer, and no one questions why they have to fight a bear
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News Kuma in Tekken 8 fights with improved bear martial arts and a salmon missile, because why not
Asked if his new sci-fi game is "more Mass Effect or Severance," 19-year BioWare vet says you can "split the difference"
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News Former BioWare writer Mac Walters gives some insight on his next project at Worlds Untold
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