Ali Jones

Ali Jones

Managing Editor, News

I'm GamesRadar's Managing Editor for news, shaping the news strategy across the team. I started my journalistic career while getting my degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick, where I also worked as Games Editor on the student newspaper, The Boar. Since then, I've run the news sections at PCGamesN and Kotaku UK, and also regularly contributed to PC Gamer. As you might be able to tell, PC is my platform of choice, so you can regularly find me playing League of Legends or Steam's latest indie hit.

Latest articles by Ali Jones

News
Divinity trailer isn't that shocking because it's "not that different from what you see on HBO or on Netflix"

By Iain Harris Published

News The trailer is "aspirational" and what the Baldur's Gate 3 studio wants "the game to look like"

News
Peak screenshot showing small characters on a cliff edge with a tornado in the background
Peak put friendslop on the map in 2025, but neither of its 2 studios expected it to blow up

By Ali Jones Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | "We didn't launch with so so much of what we thought was required to make a hit"

Year in Review
Divinity
We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Thankfully, Swen Vincke says the devs are now "excited about what [they're] making"

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News
Divinity
"Baldur's Gate 3 and D:OS2 are the blueprint for Divinity": Larian's next RPG is the studio's "natural evolution"

By Ali Jones Last updated

Interview Interview | "It's called Divinity because we're bringing everything together"

Interview
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 director isn't "pushing hard" for AI, and "I don't actually think it accelerates things"

By Ali Jones Published

News "I'm not 100% sure if you're actually seeing speed-ups that much"

News
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 devs didn't want to include a core D&D rule in their RPG, but players proved them wrong

By Ali Jones Published

News Larian had a swift Reaction

News
Rematch is one of the best games of 2025
Rematch "was a very strong learning curve" but Sloclap is still working to find the back of the net

By Ali Jones Published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | A game of two halves

Year in Review
Divinity
Just like Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian's other past RPGs, Divinity will likely launch into early access first

By Anna Koselke Published

News "…even if it's painful for the developer"

News
Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong gets first expansion, as the original Metroidvania heads to Nintendo Switch 2

By Ali Jones Published

News Team Cherry has been busy

News
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5
D&D unveils new open-world adventure game Warlock, but it's definitely not a turn-based RPG like Baldur's Gate 3

By Ali Jones Published

News Do patronize me

News
Exodus
Mass Effect veteran's Mass Effect-style sci-fi RPG sure looks a lot like Mass Effect in its new trailer

By Ali Jones Published

News Exodus is looking better - and more BioWare - than ever

News
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
The best gifts for Xbox Game Pass lovers

By Ali Jones Published

Gifts What do you get the Xbox fan who has everything?

Gifts
Asus ROG Ally portable handheld
The best Xbox gaming gifts for travel this holiday season

By Ali Jones Published

Gifts From convenient accessories to portable consoles, look no further for some inspiration

Gifts
The Witcher 3
The Witcher 3 star Doug Cockle says "I really don't care" about GTA 6, regardless of whether Rockstar's long-awaited game beats CDPR's opus on award count or not

By Ashley Bardhan Last updated

News "Oh man"

News
The Witcher 4
The Witcher 4 Ciri actor "is going to do a great job," according to Geralt actor Doug Cockle who says he has no notes for the RPG's new star

By Kaan Serin Last updated

News Cockle isn't worried about Ciri's actor taking over as the star of the RPG series

News
Schedule I
Creator of drug lord hit Schedule 1 had a backup plan so that "if Steam wouldn't take it for whatever reason, I could just pivot it to be a farming game" and "strip all the drug stuff out"

By Anna Koselke Published

News Schedule 1 might've looked more like Stardew Valley

News
007: First Light
007: First Light's developers "don't really think about" the hype around the 13-year wait since the last James Bond game

By Ali Jones Published

News IO Interactive is "head down" as it prepares for First Light

News
An Argonian character looking over the Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered
Bethesda returned to its 2006 RPG with Oblivion Remastered after deciding "what to modernize and what not to modernize," and it just "makes sense"

By Kaan Serin Published

News "It speaks to the the sticking power of how that game is built," says Bethesda's studio director

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News
A screenshot of the Adoring Fan seen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
After Oblivion Remastered and Hi-Fi Rush, Bethesda Game Studios director wants more shadowdrops because "we all have short attention spans now"

By Kaan Serin Published

News "Todd Howard, the boss man, he's wanted to shadowdrop things for a long time"

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News
Helldivers 2 screenshot showing a fully geared/armored diver standing with gun in hand as three jets soar the skies behind him
Arrowhead's next game "won't be something that's too far off from" Helldivers 2, creative lead says: "We're looking to continue the legacy of what we've created"

By Kaan Serin Published

News Johan Pilestedt wants fans to "recognize the DNA" of what came before in the studio's next game

News
Helldivers 2
Arrowhead creative lead agrees with Helldivers 2 players, calls the game "a never-ending ping pong between 'it's so over' and 'we're so back,'" but says "we're trying to get better with each update"

By Austin Wood Published

News Johan Pilestedt tips his hat to the Helldivers 2 community's definition

News
The Blood of Dawnwalker protagonist up close
GTA 6 might be the "massive game with massive marketing," but The Witcher 3 director doesn't mind launching his next RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker at the same time: "I'm fine with it"

By George Young Published

News Rebel Wolves' Konrad Tomaszkiewicz is the coolest guy in the room

News
An old monk in The Blood of Dawnwalker
"We are more effective than bigger teams": Ahead of Blood of Dawnwalker's release next year, Rebel Wolves lead says he doesn't want the studio to grow

By Jordan Gerblick Published

News "Because we don't have so many people, people feel responsible for some parts of the game, and feel ownership of it. And I think that this is the most important thing"

News
A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.
The Witcher legend Doug Cockle agrees "there's so many great games this year," but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the highlight: "It's such a beautifully written game, and beautifully conceived and achieved"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Many people are saying this

News
GTA 6
GTA 6, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Peak, and Ghost of Yotei all win big after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's mammoth Golden Joystick Awards haul

By Ali Jones Published

News Four games claimed runners-up status

News
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