Latest articles by Ali Jones
Criticism of Arcane's reported $250 million budget is "silly from our perspective," says LoL co-creator, and Hollywood just can't understand "why we would do this"
News "The market for this didn't exist before Arcane"
As Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station guns down the divers who helped build it, one dev says Arrowhead need to "own that and adapt" but warns that "things are rarely crap or fantastic" at first
News "We need to own that and adapt"
As Rockstar prepares for GTA 6, one former dev explains how the pitch for GTA 5 was to do everything "bigger and better" than GTA 4
News "That was the aim, to just push it in every area."
"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"
News Their departure has sparked another conversation about how the modding scene looks after its own
Arcane won't be back for season 3, but a single, subtle scene from act 2 is already mapping out the future of League of Legends animation
Opinion Opinion| Arcane's act 2's most understated scene could be one of its most important
A SWAT team full of wizards makes for a brilliant mash-up of strategy game ideas that also happens to fix one of my biggest gripes with XCOM 2
Features Indie Spotlight | Tactical Breach Wizards is a hilarious blend of Harry Potter and Into the Breach
Arcane season 2 Easter egg superimposes the Grim Reaper onto Caitlyn's face, and I'm sure that can only be good news
News Never one, without the other
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says there are "no red lines" preventing Microsoft games releasing on PlayStation, but it's too early to make decisions about Halo on PS5
News "I do not see [...] red lines in our portfolio that say 'thou must not'"
There are so many changes in the GTA Trilogy patch that Rockstar didn't even try to list them - but the port's original devs have been scrubbed from title screens
News Grove Street Games are a little less prevalent now
Deus Ex actor tells the series' corporate overlords they "dropped the ball" over canceled sequel, because its protagonist is still his most popular character
News Adam Jensen lives! Sort of...
Stardew Valley's adorable hat-selling mouse has gone missing in the latest patch, but only in Spanish - and you can still buy hats from him
News Shh, he's hiding
The Simpsons Hit & Run has quietly been the arena for an incredible 10-year speedrunning gauntlet, dominated by one runner who broke 45 records in a row
News He's a lean, green speed-thingy
As Arcane fans wrestle with one major character arc, the show's creators admit struggling with "a very different perception" of cops: "The trust in the institution is much more shaken"
Exclusive Caitlyn's a difficult character to like right now
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom nearly broke Link's 30-year vow of silence, but Nintendo decided to keep him mute because no one knew what he would say
News "Whatever we tried to make him say, it just didn't feel right"
Baldur's Gate 3 has been played for 17 million hours on Steam Deck alone, and one dev wants a massive battery to celebrate
News That's nearly 2,000 years, one just one handheld
Owner of Dark Souls and Elden Ring developer FromSoftware confirms its studios have 20 console games in development, and we can only hope one of them is a Bloodborne remaster
News Kadokawa Corporation is pretty busy
The Witcher 4 reportedly gets its first character after Star Wars actor leaks their involvement - and the most Witcher-y name I can imagine
News Alongside Geralt's actor, that's now two confirmed characters
Arcane ends with Season 2, but the League of Legends spin-off's co-creators have shared their favorite stories - ones that could shape future adaptations
News "There's too many to say 'this is gonna be the next one'"
Arcane season 2 returns to League of Legends' hottest ship, but the Netflix show's co-creator says getting the CaitVi pairing right was "scary": "We knew they were stepping into this s***storm"
Exclusive Exclusive: "There's a lot of drama and conflict ahead"
Just writing the final line of Arcane season 2 took its creator 27 hours: "How do you end a show like this?"
Exclusive Exclusive: Alex Yee "spent just an insane amount of time on the last line"
Arcane Season 2 creators don't want the League of Legends spin-off to turn into a new MCU: "If we're just doing another superhero thing there's no reason to do this"
Exclusive Exclusive : "It would be a shame and a failure on our part if they all look and feel the same"
Rockstar co-founder's 6-year-old claim that he was "thankful" not to be launching GTA 6 during a Trump presidency has aged like milk
News In 2018, Dan Houser said GTA 6 "would be out of date within two minutes" in Trump's America
Nintendo Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility with Switch games, and Nintendo Switch Online will be coming back too
News "Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch"
