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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opinion The Project Rene sneak peek showed off some interesting Sims 5 build options
The Sims 5 mobile support has Simmers worried
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news "If it’s going to support both PC and mobile you know it’s going to be basically a mobile game"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Rings of Power cast talk Tolkien’s legacy, fan theories, and more
By Alyssa Mercante published
News We spoke with the actors behind some of your favorite Rings of Power characters
Looks like a big Modern Warfare 2 expansion will be the next Call of Duty installment
By Alyssa Mercante published
news Could this be the rumored "greatest hits" map pack?
Overwatch 2 Kiriko animated short shows two very different sides to the new hero
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
News The new healer hero debuted a phenomenal nine-minute-long animated short at TwitchCon's keynote presentation
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