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

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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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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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
RPGs reign supreme as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ties Baldur's Gate 3's record-breaking Golden Joystick Awards haul

By Ali Jones Published

News 7 awards beats the record set by The Last of Us Part 2

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A crop of Coen looking at his closed fist in The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Witcher 3 director says his upcoming RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker isn't "going fully into the vampire fantasy," and expect some Dishonored vibes

By George Young Published

News Half-hominid, half-spirit

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News
"We know that the players are the ones actually enjoying the game": Moonlighter 2 owes its existence to its devs' astonishingly in-depth approach to player feedback

By Ali Jones Published

On the Radar Testing, testing, testing

On the Radar
Moonlighter 2
After 2 roguelikes, an acclaimed strategy game, and a League of Legends spin-off all in just 7 years, the Moonlighter 2 devs explain how new ideas are key to their survival

By Ali Jones Published

On the Radar Digital Sun is on an incredible run

On the Radar
Will runs through a portal with a sword in hand in cropped key art for Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault review: "Dungeon delving, balancing sacks of loot, then hawking your wares is still a compelling loop – but the exchange rate between those pillars is wobbly in early access"

By Ali Jones Published

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The Witcher 4 screenshot showing the stunning Unreal Engine 5 fidelity
The Witcher author says "there is no cooperation at all between me and the games," and he won't play The Witcher 4 because "it's not an entertainment for me"

By Ali Jones Published

News "I never played the games, so I know practically nothing about it"

News
Golden Joystick Awards
Resident Evil royalty will host the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, with Ultimate Game of the Year voting now open

By Ali Jones Published

News Maggie Robertson, Lady Dimetrescu herself, will host this year's ceremony

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Pokemon
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 are leading a turn-based renaissance, and it's leaving games like Pokemon Legends: Z-A far behind

By Ali Jones Published

Opinion It's a good time to be a strategy sicko

Opinion
Critical Role
Critical Role 4 DM Brennan Lee Mulligan confirms the D&D campaign's big bad, and I've got a feeling no amount of natural 20s is gonna beat this one

By Ali Jones Published

News I know DMs that use subtexts, and they're all cowards

News
Critical Role
Critical role 4 newcomer says she's in "a race to the bottom" with one of her co-stars: "I made the mistake of thinking I could out-troll him"

By Ali Jones Published

News Tyranny and Wicander are causing problems on purpose

News
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Canari quiz
Pokemon Legends Z-A tests my 25 years of Pokemon experience in all the wrong ways, and I'm begging Game Freak to ease up on the tutorials

By Ali Jones Last updated

Opinion "I know more than you"

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Opinion
Pokemon
Pokemon Legends: Z-A might have overhauled combat even more than I thought, with an entire set of strategies sacrificed on the real-time altar

By Ali Jones Published

News My Absol would like a word

News
Slots & Daggers
The last time I was this obsessed with a Balatro-like, it sold 750,000 copies in 2 weeks – and this one has a D&D twist so it's easily my favorite roguelike in Steam Next Fest

By Ali Jones Published

News Slots & Daggers is a strong entry in a crowded field

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Ball x Pit review: "Vampire Survivors and Breakout collide in this brilliant roguelike ball basher that struggles with repetition"

By Ali Jones Published

Review

Review
Tears of Metal
The biggest roguelike in Steam Next Fest is a Braveheart-inspired musou fighter with almost perfect reviews

By Ali Jones Published

News You'll never take our free-demo

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Menace
I never really vibed with XCOM 2, but this Steam Next Fest demo is a turn-based strategy RPG I can finally get behind

By Ali Jones Published

News Menace's suppression system fixes everything that annoyed me about XCOM

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Quarantine Zone
A zombie apocalypse sim that puts you on the front lines of a The Last of Us-style outbreak is tearing up Steam Next Fest

By Ali Jones Published

News Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor

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