Ali Jones
I'm GamesRadar's news editor, working with the team to deliver breaking news from across the industry. 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
![Tactical Breach Wizards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aYEmrBfyWyDrUZHGcsPkej-320-80.jpg)
Steam Next Fest's big strategy hit was made because its dev loves XCOM and played it for "hundreds of hours" - but also has "so many problems with it"
By Ali Jones published
News Tactical Breach Wizards is the child of a love/hate relationship
![Snake looks to an explosion in the distance](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/32HuxxyBEaMNUgYKRYLgeP-320-80.jpg)
Metal Gear Solid's 1997 reveal had dev behind rival spy game "despairing" because it did "everything that we were trying to do, better"
By Ali Jones published
News E3 1997 was a tough time for the Syphon Filter team
![Escape from Tarkov](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JiXK6A2fGeJjHM2Xb46eCe-320-80.jpg)
Escape from Tarkov plans to counter cheating by giving in-game currency to players who successfully report opponents who are a little too good at the game
By Ali Jones published
News Snitches get money
![Elden Ring screenshot showing Melina, a young woman with short coppery hair and one eye](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iBZqq45pyeknqH9FVzdXyn-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring devs suggest a fix for PS5 framerate issues, but an expert FromSoft dataminer says it won't do a damn thing to help
By Ali Jones published
News 'Rebuild Database' doesn't really do anything to your games
![Mass Effect](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YoHjYzC6L5uhG7SGFhDffn-320-80.jpg)
Mass Effect actor says he doesn't mind if you play as his female counterpart, because you'll be forced to listen to him anyway
By Ali Jones published
News The voice of BroShep can be found all over the galaxy
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PWacoKjAw56LzyK9RhsiQM-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 made D&D's lead designer change one of the RPG's deadliest NPC-killers because it was "excruciating" to use
By Ali Jones published
News It's time for a new-look Cloud of Daggers
![Red Dead Redemption 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2vDiAZxqVvWPPTJHqgEk6U-320-80.jpg)
Red Dead Redemption 2 jumps back into Steam's top 10 thanks to a Summer Sale discount that's one of the lowest-ever prices on Rockstar's open-world Western epic
By Ali Jones published
News 20 bucks will net you hours of gametime and a decent chunk of change
![MakeRoom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/weN7H98e5QrC9NznaZXGE9-320-80.jpg)
Indie game dev apologizes for having "stepped over the line with taking inspiration" from The Sims-style cozy game made by 'Asset Jesus'
By Ali Jones published
News "It is definitely not my intention to make a rip off of his game"
![Three sheep from Palworld stand behind machine guns](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w5y6TPhqjXR9aXHeTJXLqF-320-80.jpg)
Palworld dev begs fans not to argue about player counts as the survival game gets a boost from the Sakurajima update: "Palworld had 2mil, then it had 15k, now it has 140k"
By Ali Jones published
News "It doesn't matter"
![Elden Ring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cbCeSoXQ49PupfQcL8yNY-320-80.jpg)
Shadow of the Erdtree nearly killed Elden Ring's best mod, but while it's "not perfect," it's finally back to help you carve your way through the DLC with a friend
By Ali Jones published
News Seamless Co-op is back
![The Witcher 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KQtRyuKKcXsbd5Wf24TSXC-320-80.jpg)
9 years later, The Witcher 3 modders discover a brutal extended Yennefer ending that was cut from the RPG's climactic sequence
By Ali Jones published
News It's bad news for the Lodge
![Mario Kart 8 Deluxe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rF2VP87wRemeDZjvFSNbnX-320-80.jpg)
Shigeru Miyamoto wants Nintendo to have a hit the size of Breath of the Wild or Animal Crossing: New Horizons every "3-5 years"
By Ali Jones published
News The good news? The Switch already has 4 of them
![Dark Souls 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGGdfeWXQWvHDWd5ESEc78-320-80.jpg)
A legendary twinblade might be Shadow of the Erdtree's "most-hidden weapon," but Dark Souls 2 Pickaxe fans would like to have a word about that
By Ali Jones published
News I need to see a man about a pig
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q5GF8d5YsduyGUoeapZLCf-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 hits its lowest-ever price in the Steam Summer Sale, in case you needed another reason to play this all-timer RPG
By Ali Jones published
News Buying into a deal this smart might offer +1 INT
![Life is Strange: Double Exposure screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hXo95qpuuMFRirGqszTPQ-320-80.jpg)
OG Life is Strange developer delays its new Life is Strange-style adventure to dodge the actual new Life is Strange game
By Ali Jones published
News Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is giving Double Exposure "adequate space to shine"
![Rugby 25 announcement](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ov5NnsUCf9bTj7evbSxR-320-80.jpg)
Originally planned in partnership with a tournament in 2023, Rugby 24 has been delayed so long that it's now Rugby 25
By Ali Jones published
News But the good news is that it's out in early access today
![League of Legends](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ymBBBcVPdzJFXaNSsD5fH-320-80.jpg)
MMO Pokemon competitor dev in shambles as it realizes its new roguelike spinoff shares both name and genre with the new League of Legends game
By Ali Jones published
News Temtem: Swarm, meet League of Legends: Swarm
![Hello Kitty](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AxJCP7rCLHLURyFjZTUheB-320-80.jpg)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure's open-world twist on Animal Crossing: New Horizons was "really risky," but now its devs are preparing to fix its only negative feedback
By Ali Jones published
Interview Interview | "You can isolate folks on both sides and just not appeal to anyone"
![Deathsprint 66](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hBgToTZGp2fMgKs4ykEcAP-320-80.jpg)
I'm really good at Mario Kart, but this ultraviolent, freerunning alternative kicked my whole ass
By Ali Jones published
Preview Preview | Deathsprint 66 is faster and more brutal than anything Mario has ever faced
![Shadow of the Erdtree](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V5MEZsnfGhfSKswHaHMPkc-320-80.jpg)
404 deaths into his Shadow of the Erdtree marathon, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat hits back at complaints that the Elden Ring DLC is too hard: "It's a skill issue"
By Ali Jones published
News "Why the f*** would they make a DLC for you to breeze past in a day or two?"
![Plucky Squire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bm7cGyTj2ZDhRqABsf2kJZ-320-80.jpg)
The Plucky Squire is a charming, dimension-bending picturebook platformer that's going toe-to-toe with Mario's attempts to change up the genre
By Ali Jones published
Preview The complete opposite of a one-dimensional experience
![Throne and Liberty screenshot showing magical combat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KPjwvtJgEJkvoeMF3C5sMV-320-80.jpg)
Amazon's next massive Korean MMO promises massive battles with "thousands" of players, all already running cross-platform at 60fps on PC, PS5, and Xbox
By Ali Jones published
News Throne and Liberty's castle sieges are my new MMO holy grail
![League of Legends](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3vtrhQaEBxAqxd8uq3tVuQ-320-80.jpg)
League of Legends players protest $500 skin with a forced boycott, perma-banning Ahri to stop anyone using her new cosmetic
By Ali Jones published
News Signature Ahri hasn't gone over well
![Arcane](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J2ZeYSpVNhnVHNhNgUEZbZ-320-80.jpg)
Arcane Season 2 isn't the end of Riot's animation push, and fans are already theorizing where in the League of Legends universe we're heading next
By Ali Jones published
News From "sun and moon canon lesbians" to fantasy war crimes
![Battle Aces appearing in our Summer Preview](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wd4ADwNNUQxTdYSdJooQZU-320-80.jpg)
After 10 years making StarCraft, one Blizzard veteran is making a blisteringly fast RTS that's far more welcoming than the strategy giants
By Ali Jones published
Preview Summer Preview | This "paradigm-shifting" strategy game exists because after 10 years making StarCraft, its director knows how unfriendly Blizzard's icon can be