Alyssa Mercante
Alyssa Mercante is an editor and features writer at GamesRadar based out of Brooklyn, NY. 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

What is the Disney Dreamlight Valley Founder’s Pack?
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
Guide Buy a pack to play Disney Dreamlight Valley right now, no matter what platform you're on

Skullcandy PLYR review: "Super-smooth sound with a super-comfy fit"
By Alyssa Mercante published
Review Skullcandy's return to the gaming headset world is a great one with the Skullcandy PLYR - it's just a tad ugly.

Skullcandy SLYR review: "A no-frills, affordable headset that offers rock-solid audio"
By Alyssa Mercante published
Review The Skullcandy SLYR is a rock-solid headset that sounds great, looks bold, and won't hurt your bank account.

Overwatch 2 review: "Shiny and new, but for who?"
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
Not yet ratedEarly Access Review

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

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

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

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?

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

Blizzard pulls disturbing Overwatch 2 custom game mode
By Alyssa Mercante published
News Content warning: this story contains discussions of sexual violence

This robot dog in a Jolteon costume is adorably terrifying
By Alyssa Mercante published
News I, for one, welcome our new Jolteon overlords

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

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

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

Obviously fake "Bloodborne Mobile" rated G in Australia
By Alyssa Mercante published
news Bloodborne fans are not having a good October

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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"
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