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

The Pokemon Day return of FireRed and LeafGreen has me reminiscing over the series' most lucrative XP farm
By Ali Jones published
Opinion Opinion | The Sevii Islands claimed dozens of my FRLG hours

"It makes me sick": Skyrim modder with 475,000 downloads, fed up with "daily harassment," abandons modding after "thousands of hours" of work on what she calls "the most advanced follower to ever exist"
By Ali Jones last updated
News Their departure has sparked another conversation about how the modding scene looks after its own

I've been playing Pokemon for 27 years – these are my 7 Pokemon Day predictions for the 2026 celebrations
By Ali Jones published
Opinion Champions, the Aardman collab, and many, many mobile games should also feature heavily

The Best MOBAs to play in 2026
By Ali Jones last updated
Best List Exploring the best MOBA games, ranked to help you choose your next PvP adventure

Lego Batman himself joins Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star for the Future Games Show Spring Showcase
By Ali Jones published
News Shai Matheson and Devora Wilde join forces for the new show

A Witcher dev accidentally sent one of the RPG's most important characters to the shadow realm
By Ali Jones published
News Justice for Yaevinn

"What else are we going to do, another f***ing platformer?": Mewgenics took 15 years to dominate Steam, but its secret sauce was cooked up in just 2 weeks
By Ali Jones published
Interview Interview | Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's roguelike hit was a long time coming

"Only the nerdiest of the nerds" would play roguelikes before Spelunky and The Binding of Isaac, says Mewgenics dev
By Ali Jones published
News "It was so cool that you could have an endlessly replayable game like that"

Everything announced at the PS5 State of Play February 2026
By Josh West last updated
Recap PlayStation State of Play summary with the latest news, reveals, and gameplay trailers from the PS5 showcase

Ex-Mass Effect devs know "there's a hunger" for big RPGs, so there's an "unbelievable amount of pressure" on Exodus
By Kaan Serin published
News "We just have a very high bar we have to deliver on"

Mass Effect veterans don't want side quests to feel "tacked on" to their new sci-fi RPG Exodus
By Kaan Serin published
News Exodus devs want players to feel compelled by side quests regardless of the reward

"We could have just made The Binding of Isaac 2," say Mewgenics creators, and "gotten 20 million wishlists"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Mewgenics seemed "like a monumental task, but why shouldn't we be able to do it?"

Mewgenics review: "The Binding of Isaac collides with Into the Breach in a smart strategy roguelike"
By Ali Jones published
Review

Cairn review: "This climber has a grip on me – even when it loses its footing with awkward systems"
By Ali Jones published
Review

More than Mass Effect's spiritual successor, Exodus wants to pull decades of player choice into a single story
By Ali Jones published
Exclusive Big in 2026 | RPG royalty are preparing a new type of sci-fi epic

25 Best free PC games to play in 2026
By Ali Jones last updated
Best list From 2XKO to Fortnite, the best free PC games of 2026 offer huge experiences in exchange for absolutely nothing

The Future Games Show is returning in 2026 with 6 new shows
By Ali Jones published
News Starting March 12

The best Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers have been our faves since day one
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Best List Best List | Putting our paws together to celebrate our Animal Crossing faves

PUBG's first spin-off is a top-down shooter shaped by Valorant, Counter-Strike, and a hardcore military MMO
By Ali Jones published
Exclusive Big in 2026 | This chicken dinner looks a little different...

Peak's lead wants to keep its game "jam-like spirit" for future updates
By Scott McCrae published
News "We just wanted to get it out there"

25 Best free Steam games you can play in 2026
By Ali Jones last updated
Best Save some pennies with the best free Steam games worth playing in 2025

Bloodborne "is a special game for me" says Hidetaka Miyazaki: It's "the strongest reflection of my type of flavoring"
By Ali Jones published
News "I've imparted a lot of my own ideas into this game"

"Silksong charged $5 more, 9 years later, and people lost their minds": Indie dev says pricing is actually really easy
By Ali Jones published
News Price "is just a single number you can change in 30 seconds"
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