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
![Helldivers 2 story trailer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xQqxHC7BhT8oYKYqymXYs9-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 director confirms 'we are the baddies' as he says the game's original pitch was based around a classic Star Wars moment
By Ali Jones published
News The Helldivers dev admits we're playing for "the evil side"
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tZ7BpVUddSkckMeKwooQfc-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2's new Major Order offers a shiny new dual-cannon Emancipator mech as a reward - but only if the community can overturn its losing streak
By Ali Jones published
News Get your guns to Valyria 5
![Hyper Light Breaker](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rAw22KZCqNLczsAN3Vr23M-320-80.jpg)
After surviving Embracer's $460 million studio shuffle, director of anticipated open-world roguelike hits back at "cascading effect" of corporate consolidation
By Ali Jones published
News "I don't want to depend on megacorporations doing X, Y, and Z to dictate our future"
![Blops 6](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mFE7jANmX63YhoPcEwscMN-320-80.jpg)
This year's Call of Duty has been officially confirmed as Black Ops 6, a "dark new chapter" in the franchise
By Hirun Cryer last updated
News The rumors were true
![Dark Souls 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fCuCWQd8sFHdVQjzqZKnuE-320-80.jpg)
After beating Elden Ring in 167 hours with more than 1,700 deaths, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat is turning his attention to Shadow of the Erdtree, Sekiro, and the entire Dark Souls trilogy
By Ali Jones published
News That should keep him busy until 2025
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PWacoKjAw56LzyK9RhsiQM-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 director refused to sacrifice quality even amid concerns the RPG would be "impossible to finish" and budget was running out: "We were in a lot of trouble"
By Ali Jones published
News Larian was eventually forced to change up its development pipelines
![Kingmakers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D5MFZRRdgFemwt3LyTJHqN-320-80.jpg)
I thought I couldn't be any more excited for my most anticipated strategy game, and then the tank showed up
By Ali Jones published
News In the battle of Tank vs Castle, Tank wins
![Exodus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SvrTGsYBBr54AAW4r8Ji8L-320-80.jpg)
BioWare veterans' new hard sci-fi space RPG just teased a story that sounds way scarier than anything in Mass Effect
By Ali Jones published
News Exodus just introduced an alien that even its big bad is afraid of
![League of Legends](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ckxa9CDkuyVwLb8iaxWWBH-320-80.jpg)
After nearly 15 years, League of Legends finally gets the anti-cheat boost that might help solve its massive botting problem
By Ali Jones published
News Riot's turning to full-scale hardware bans for the first time ever
![PC Gaming Show](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hpnVwTcXRrPg2fnguM4QcU-320-80.jpg)
The hosts for The PC Gaming Show's 10th anniversary have been confirmed
By Ali Jones published
News Some familiar faces are back once again
![Wildermyth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rAAcx8poi8axpKEhppJVfQ-320-80.jpg)
This cult D&D-style RPG just dropped a new DLC, and at 180,000 words, its single campaign is longer than almost every base game story combined
By Ali Jones published
News Wildermyth's Omenroad DLC is out now, and it should keep you busy for a while
![Elden Ring](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sp2ZKMpAnJGH7XCXLj8Fr7-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring's Malenia was just defeated by Twitch's biggest streamer - and it only took him 24 hours and 400 straight deaths to do it
By Ali Jones published
News Should have called in Let Me Solo Her
![Summer Game Fest](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h8e2wVTN4FxoJEVEQCKyRe-320-80.jpg)
Summer Game Fest confirms GTA 6 publisher, Xbox, and PlayStation will all be in attendance during next month's show
By Ali Jones published
News Get ready for plenty of excitement from June 7
![Animal Well screenshot, captured on PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7kB4RjfYWnMpTfNFisPfMd-320-80.jpg)
Solo dev behind breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well says his game has 256 encounters, but he had to cut at least 500 of them during development
By Ali Jones published
News "Designing a Metroidvania is a lot harder than designing a linear platformer"
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ew9bQTUUihnM5rx7nh6UHD-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 devs reveal the first Galactic War was just "an elaborate special operation," and "The Second Galactic War" has already begun
By Ali Jones published
News This is just the beginning...
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T3mNhKDaZeUKcLZxwq2raH-320-80.jpg)
The Assassin's Creed Shadows open-world map is about the same size as Origin's Egypt, but exists on a more realistic scale because Ubisoft "really wanted the mountains to feel like mountains"
By Ali Jones published
News Prepare for a climb
![Manor Lords overview](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pUHw5ipdWMxtHr6Q6aJuE3-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords player figures out how to hack food production and "put out a ton" - just surround your massive vegetable patches with huge corpse pits
By Ali Jones published
News Hey, free fertilizer!
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nqATffmpQ8D2gthSbrzdm6-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 CEO wants the galactic war to last "forever" even if Arrowhead has to "sunset" the game in the far future and the devs have to make an AI game master
By Ali Jones published
News "We don't want to screw you guys over"
![Rusty's Retirement](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vF6mufFpLgmgv4vVimDZY7-320-80.jpg)
Amid rave reviews and 200,000 sales, Idle Stardew Valley-style farming sim dev can hardly believe their success: "I'm only now realizing how life-changing this is"
By Ali Jones published
News Rusty's Retirement is a certified hit
![Helldivers 2 Polar Patriots Warbond helldiver firing pummeler smg](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PNgWWDYrE8DoWiNgRek9C-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 dev asked players for Warbond feedback, and boy did it get some: after 21,000 votes, over 70% of recruits don't like the new gear or would prefer more patches
By Ali Jones published
News Polar Patriots hasn't gone down well
![Manor Lords](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jNRcgbntxnbzGdVXVah4Ni-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords dev begs modders to stop submitting bug reports after wasting time trying to fix a bug that wasn't even his fault
By Ali Jones published
News "Feel free to experiment with mods but please don't submit bugs if you use them"
![Skyrim](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VN8Uzi6nes4hvacnmX3z7d-320-80.jpg)
Skyrim's been out for 13 years, but players are still being surprised by the fact that NPCs die if you steal their hearts
By Ali Jones published
News I heard they die if you chop their heads off, too
![GJA 2023 Bulwark](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jkGMvEFEXh42kLhycDBBa5-320-80.jpg)
Frustrated dev of misunderstood city-builder changed his game's name to remind players that it's "a bloody creative sandbox not a f***ing strategy game"
By Ali Jones published
News Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles isn't the game it might appear to be at first glance