Elena Vale

Elena Vale

Elena Vale is a gaming guides writer focused on RPGs, action-adventure games, survival titles, and live-service updates. She specializes in clear walkthroughs, beginner-friendly explanations, build recommendations, quest routes, collectible guides, and patch-based strategy updates. Her guides are written with a practical testing approach: checking in-game mechanics, comparing patch notes, reviewing player progression paths, and updating recommendations when balance changes affect weapons, characters, skills, or quest steps. Elena’s writing style is designed to help players solve problems quickly without unnecessary spoilers or confusing jargon.

Seattle, Washington
Game GuidesWalkthroughsRPGAction GamesStrategyPatch NotesBuild GuidesBeginner Guides

Experience

Professional Experience

2021-Present

Senior Gaming Guides Editor

Leads the creation and review of game guides, walkthroughs, build recommendations, tier list explanations, quest routes, and patch update coverage. Focuses on accuracy, clear structure, spoiler control, and practical advice for players across RPG, action-adventure, survival, strategy, and live-service games.

2019-2021

Gameplay Research Writer

Researched game mechanics, progression systems, item effects, character builds, and player strategies for gaming content. Created structured notes, route breakdowns, and beginner-friendly explanations based on in-game testing, patch notes, and player experience.

2018-2019

Editorial Standards & Copyediting Trainee

Completed introductory editing training focused on editorial standards, grammar, clarity, accuracy, word choice, verification, and digital publishing best practices. Applied the training to improve online article structure, readability, consistency, and fact-checking quality for player-focused gaming guides and web content.

Credentials

Certificates & Qualifications

  1. 01

    Poynter ACES Introductory Certificate in Editing

    Awarded 2024

    Certificate focused on foundational editing standards, essential editing skills, grammar, clarity, accuracy, verification, word use, and best practices for digital publishing. This training supports clear, reliable, and reader-focused editorial work for online articles, guides, and web content.

  2. 02

    Gameplay Testing & Patch Review Workflow

    Awarded 2023

    Internal workflow qualification for testing game mechanics, reviewing patch notes, checking balance changes, and updating guide recommendations when weapons, characters, quests, skills, or progression systems change.

  3. 03

    SEO Content Writing for Gaming Guides

    Awarded 2022

    Training focused on search intent, keyword-focused guide planning, readable headings, internal linking, content refreshes, and writing gaming articles that help players quickly find practical answers.

Articles by Elena Vale

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Guida alla costruzione e all'inventario di Once Human 3.0.2: cambio dei punti di aggancio, condivisione dei preset e blocco degli oggettiArticle

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Spiegazione del nerf di Once Human SN700 Finale: modifiche agli accumuli di Reverb, nuovi calcoli dei danni e impatto sulla build

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