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

Split Fiction ups the ante on It Takes Two's wacky co-op action, while showing why human creativity still matters
By Alessandro Fillari published
Hands-on Game director Josef Fares explains why Split Fiction is about human stories, and wonders why other developers aren't making more co-op games

Katamari Damacy creator's next game is all about being normal while stuck t-posing at the same time
By Alessandro Fillari published
Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | To a T presents an upbeat and bizarre puzzle adventure game about living with an odd quirk

Faraway is a minimalist outer space puzzle game that was inspired by high level Tetris mastery
By Alessandro Fillari published
Big in 2025 | This universe spanning puzzle game is all about building up momentum to be a shooting star

Wanderstop is a cozy management sim about a burned-out warrior who'd much rather be fighting than running a tea shop
By Alessandro Fillari published
Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | The creator of The Stanley Parable offers up his take on the cozy game genre

“We loved making this into a goofy, irreverent, and kind of chill experience”: Wheel World celebrates bike culture with its vibey open world
By Alessandro Fillari published
Big in 2025 | Take your bike onto the open road with this strange yet chill adventure game.

Path of Exile 2 review: "A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure"
By Alessandro Fillari published
Not yet ratedReview

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"
By Alessandro Fillari last updated
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"
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
News "Socialism knows no borders!"

The next game from the Lies of P devs is reportedly a sci-fi survival horror
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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"
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
News 20 years later, WoW is still going strong

Marvel's answer to Overwatch is almost here, as Marvel Rivals finally goes gold
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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!"
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
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
By Alessandro Fillari published
Preview Preview | Camouflaj's Batman sequel makes excellent use of VR to revisit the Arkhamverse
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