Alyssa Mercante
Alyssa Mercante is an editor and features writer at GamesRadar based out of Brooklyn, NY. Prior to enter𒁃ing 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?
Guide Buy a pack to play Disney Dreamlight Valley right now, no matter what platfo𓄧rm you're on
Skullcandy PLYR review: "Super-smooth sound with a super-comfy fit"
Review Skullcandy's return to the g🐲aming headset world is a gr༒eat one with the Skullcandy PLYR - it's just a tad ugly.
Skullcandy SLYR review: "A no-frills, affordable headset that offers rock-solid audio"
Review The Skullcandy SLYR is a rock-solid heads⛄et that sounds great, looks bold, and won't hurt your bank account.
Overwatch 2 review: "Shiny and new, but for who?"
Not yet ratedEarly Access Review
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 beta dates and times
News The Modern Warfare 2 beta end time and date is fast ap⛄proaching
Roccat Vulcan II Mini keyboard review: "The lights will dazzle you"
Review The Roccat Vulcan II Mini is striking and small, with a great feel and smart layout that's somewhat mired by pricepoin🌳t and limiting software
Modern Warfare 2 teases us with a crumb of Rust
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
News Can you decipher the Modern Warfare 2 menus?
New Forspoken gameplay makes magic parkour look pretty good, actually
News Forspoken shou𒊎ld have shown this gamepl🌜ay months ago as the magic parkour looks sick
Blizzard pulls disturbing Overwatch 2 custom game mode
News Co𓄧ntent warning: this story con💙tains discussions of sexual violence
This robot dog in a Jolteon costume is adorably terrifying
News I, for one, welcome our new Jolteon overlords
Apex Legends Catalyst is coming for the scan meta's throat
News The newest Legend Catalyst ℱis going to seriously shake up the existing Apex Legends meta
The Overwatch 2 Witch Kiriko skin is scary expensive
News 💎"$25 for that lol! What a laugh," writes a popular Overwatc🔯h 2 streamer
Overwatch 2 Halloween event is a good sign for PvE but a bad sign for monetization
Opinion Overwatch 2's new take on Junkenstein's R𒉰evenge is a blast, but monetization is killing the fun yet again
Obviously fake "Bloodborne Mobile" rated G in Australia
news Bloodborne fans are not having a good October
David Tennant's Doctor Who return brought back this lapsed Whovian
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
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
News Broken Moon is ♋all about larger POIs and fast map𓆉 traversal
Modern Warfare 2 has such a realistic version of Amsterdam I can taste the stroopwafels
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
News Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Co🐽oke's viral TikTok gets a Google Easter egg🅺
The Sims 5 hype can be summed up with two words: throw pillows
Opinion The Project Rene sneak peek showed off some interesting Simಞs 5 build options
The Sims 5 mobile support has Simmers worried
news "If it’s going to support both PC and mobile you know it’s going to be basically a mobile g💛ame"
