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
20 years later, GTA: San Andreas developer comes face-to-face with the "embarrassing" bug behind the game's infamous plane crashes
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News In his defence, it was a "QA nightmare"
7 years into its legendary comeback, No Man's Sky claws back another 1% on its Steam review score: "I never thought it possible, but guys we might hit 'Very Positive' one day"
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News It took 5 years just to hit 70% positive reviews
New space RPG from Mass Effect veteran takes a hard sci-fi approach to FTL travel, and that means there's nothing that can save you from the ravages of time
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News No items, abilities, or technologies will protect you in Exodus
I've found the best skill in Dragon's Dogma 2 - an arrow that lets you nearly kill yourself so that you can one-shot a dragon
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News I'm respeccing my whole character around Martyr's Bolt
Dragon's Dogma 2 goes all-in on the open-world RPG design trick that made me fall in love with Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas
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Opinion Opinion| Fast-travel isn't always all it's cracked up to be
18 months into a massive war, MMO devs give the Elite Dangerous community all the tools they need to win - but no instruction manual
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News It'll be bad news for the Thargoids - eventually
The truth behind one of Baldur's Gate 3's most hotly-debated lines might have been found lurking in a 28-year-old D&D source book
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News "A handsome younger man," huh?
Anime and manga strongarm their way into the Oxford dictionary as 'Isekai' and 'Mangaka' become official English words
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News All according to Keikaku
Underdog League of Legends esports scene rocked by massive match-fixing allegations impacting two-thirds of players: "the stench of this will never leave"
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News All eight teams and 65% of players in the VCS are under investigation
Helldivers 2's friendly fire "will never change," because if it did the devs "would have to turn off bullet damage against enemies as well"
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News "It's the law."
"Early builds" of The Elder Scrolls 6 are being played at Bethesda, offering the same "joy, excitement, and promise of adventure" as the rest of the series' 30-year history
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News Don't get us wrong, there's still a long wait coming
25 Best free Steam games you can play right now
By Ali Jones last updated
Best The best free Steam games prove that great experiences don't necessarily cost the Earth
This 2D soulslike RPG features a battle-hardened rat, a serious Game of Thrones homage and a Witcher 3 legend
By Ali Jones published
News Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter debuts at Future Games Show Spring Showcase
New trailer for anticipated JRPG from the creator of Dragon Ball features Armored Core-style combat and a whole load of bad guys
By Ali Jones published
News The wait for Sand Land is almost over
Palworld and Sons of the Forest's resource systems collide in this upcoming open-world survival game
By Ali Jones published
News Omega Crafter is coming to Steam Early Access this month
This intriguing soulslike based on Italian folklore channels brings a much-needed burst of sun to the genre
By Ali Jones published
News Enotria: The Last Song is sunnier twist on Dark Souls
Hotly anticipated adventure game Harold Halibut confirms imminent release date
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News The stunning stop-motion adventure begins soon
Mario Kart meets Mirror's Edge in the world premiere of Deathsprint 66
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News High-octane violence from the opening act of the Future Games Show
25 Best free PC games to play today
By Ali Jones last updated
Best list Grab one of the best free PC games for killer experiences that won't touch your wallet, from Brawlhalla to Destiny 2
25 Best Steam games you can play right now
By Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Feature The best Steam games offer myriad experiences to make the most of your rig, from thoughtful RTS games to action epics
The Finals' new season is even more explosive than its debut: "We're introducing a way to really leverage the destruction"
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Interview Interview | We explore the nuts and bolts of The Finals Season 2 with the folk bringing it to life
The Finals Season 2 is a shopping list of community requests combined with a lore dive I don't think anyone really asked for
By Ali Jones published
Preview New guns, gadgets, and game modes, plus a weird narrative twist
Baldur's Gate 3 genius uses 7 D&D classes packed into one of the weirdest RPG builds I've ever seen to deal "infinite damage to 99.9% of enemies" just by walking around them
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News Step on 'em