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 A🐲lyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.
Latest articles by Alyssa Mercante
The Sims 4 will get infants alongside two new expansions next year
news One of the most sought-af👍ter Sims features is coming early 2023
The Sims 5 announced as Project Rene, will include "collaborative play"
news The news came during the Behind Thꦯe Sims Summit🍒 Stream
New Apex Legends character Catalyst is an out and proud transgender woman
News Respawn worked with GLAAD to ensure Catalyst is handꦍled with respect and reverence
Despite divisive Overwatch 2 meta, Blizzard is "not planning any immediate balance changes"
News Lo🌳oks like Sombra will continue to dominate Overwatch 2 until further no♉tice
Overwatch 2 is boosting competitive ranks after players "ranked too low"
News꧙ Competitive players should see a more generous ranking system
The Rings of Power cast talk Tolkien’s legacy, fan theories, and more
News We spoke w💎ith 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
news Cꦦould this be the rumored "greatest hits" mꦕap pack?
Overwatch 2 Kiriko animated short shows two very different sides to the new hero
News The new hea𓆉ler hero debuted a phenomenal nine-minute-long animated short at Twitc♔hCon's keynote presentation
It took days for Overwatch 2 to work, and I'm not sure it was worth it
Opinion Overwatch 2 launched a week🐷 ago, here's how it's going fꦺor me
Xbox Game Pass is coming to Oculus through a VR TV and it's as weird as it sounds
News Xbox Cloud 🎐Gaming powers a bizarre 🌜crossover with Meta headsets
Overwatch 2 guide and what you need to know about the hero shooter sequel
Guide Overwatch 2 is here and entirely rep🍰laces Overwatch 1, adding new Heroes, maps, and more to the team-based hero shooter
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Batman: Arkham's twisted sibling
Feature Whereas the Batman: Arkham series was serious and singularly focused, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is bold anꦫd brash
How to watch Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League at DC Fandome
News The latest game from Rocksteady is getti🌌ng a reveal this weekend
XCOM 3 wishlist: What we'd love to see from a new XCOM game
Feature After its done with Marv✱el's Midnight Suns, here's what we'd like to see from a Firaxis developed XCOM 3ꦫ
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has "musical aspects" according to Jack Black
News Looks༺ like Bowser is ready to open up his own🌊 school of rock
Overwatch 2 players are still struggling to get past the title screen
News Overwatch 2 launch issues persist, even after an u༺🌸pdate from Blizzard
Skull and Bones exploration looks limited in new footage and players are concerned
news Players are expressing concerns that not al💫l of Skull and Bones' islands will be explorable, among other things
The Overwatch 2 roadmap confirms hero 36 in December
News Here's what we know ab💛out Overwatch 2's post-launch pla🐼ns
Overwatch 2 beta: Junker Queen has me hanging up my healer hat
Feature Just a few matches with the Overwatch 2 beta and I'm praying at Junker Queen's alt🧸ar
The final hours of Overwatch 1: an unhinged sendoff for a multiplayer legend
Opinion Toxic chatters, waving Reinhardts, and c𒁃onfused players populated the beloved game's final hours
Forspoken release date, story details, and everything we know so far
Feature Forspoken is 💜one of two massive PS5 exclusive RPGs Square Enix is developing
How a single Overwatch 2 match declared its new, blisteringly fast pace
Preview Overwatch 2 abolis🦂hes hard counters and stand-offs in favor of fir𓃲efights and respawns
Ahead of Overwatch 2, a eulogy for the Overwatch I once knew
Opinion Over🐻w🀅atch 2 will erase so much of what I know and love about the original game
