Ashley Bardhan
Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.
Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan

As the world reflects on the passing of David Lynch, let's remember his wonderfully weird, absolutely brilliant PS2 commercials: "This is so f***ing beautiful"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Lynch could turn anything into art

Mario Kart 9 appears to take the Switch 2 back in time, swapping out Princess Peach’s sleek racing suit for the outfit she wore when she debuted in the kart racing series
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's not aerodynamic but it is really cute

Nintendo can handle 20 million Switch 2 sales in the console's first year, analyst predicts – hopefully preventing any scalper plagues
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's raining the Switch 2

Asked about Chris Pratt in the Helldivers 2 film, Arrowhead CEO says they want "as many A-list actors as possible" as long as "they all get violently killed immediately"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Pratt is welcome to star in the Helldivers adaptation, but it's gonna cost him

Skyrim artist secretly worked to save the RPG's ugly werewolves from getting cut before taking a demo to Todd Howard and getting a big reaction: "This is f***ing awesome"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Werewolves are an art

I want to call this incredible action game with a harrowing story, bloodthirsty combat, and a psychedelic fantasy world my favorite game – but it doesn’t actually exist
By Ashley Bardhan published
Opinion Opinion | Alice: Asylum has been banished to purgatory, but that doesn't stop me from loving it

The sicko inside me desperately needs to play this ludicrous horror game that retells Dante’s Inferno through the power of anime girls
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Hell Maiden looks impossibly cool

Baldur's Gate 3 sleuth discovers "extremely dark" Astarion kidnapping scene that almost nobody has seen even more than a year later
By Ashley Bardhan published
news Have you found this rare scene?

Hideo Kojima is hard at work on Death Stranding 2, but he doesn't know how much longer he can stand the grueling game development process: "It's incredibly tough"
By Ashley Bardhan published
"At this age, I can't help but think about how much longer I'll be able to stay 'creative'"

Marvel Rivals is more popular than ever, soaring past 570K Steam players to set a new record as Season 1 launches
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The hero shooter is doing even better now than when it released

Indie dev slams the handbrake to pivot to what might be the first match-3 Metroidvania after playtests for a “match-3 survival horror comedy RPG” shockingly fell apart
By Ashley Bardhan published
News There was a lot going on

New Skyrim lore just dropped, and it only costs $49 in the Bethesda store
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's now on sale

Marvel Rivals model "incredibly thankful to be able to say 'THAT'S MY ASS'" after realizing she's Sue Storm based on the curvature of her cheeks
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The "ass" in "asset" has been restored

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC trailer sells the beefier version of one of 2024's greatest JRPGs with better lighting, DLSS, 120 FPS, and a crucial shot of Barret's ass
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Look at all that incredible detail

The Switch is the one console with a controller that splits in two, but these AGDQ speedrunners still cuddled up to break Zelda: Breath of the Wild
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Player5 and mikeysgone make speedrunning look so cozy

Imagine Infinity Nikki with a bazooka loaded with love rockets and you get this Doom Eternal-flavored shooter that’s all about killing with kindness – and guns
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Incolatus: Don't Stop, Girlypop is the kind of FPS I've been looking for

Diablo 4 Season 7 faces new competition: the original Diablo, which is coming to Xbox Game Pass just a week earlier
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Old is gold

The Metroidvania gods have spoken and answered my prayers with this horror game that looks like Majora's Mask if it let you play as an onion-headed freak
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Tower Of Tears will have a demo out soon

Stellar Blade was such a hit that its dev gave all employees a PS5 Pro and a roughly $3,400 bonus, and this horny action RPG isn't even on PC yet
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Developer Shift Up is winning

Horror game legend Ikumi Nakamura swaps her love of gore for true romance by helping dev use custom sidequest as real-life proposal: "Moments like this remind me how lucky I am"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Romance isn't dead!

Fallout creator Tim Cain reveals two playthroughs key to the RPG's history: his low-Int hero named Potato, and a mass-murderer who made them check "the entire game" again
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Fallout wouldn't be the same without Potato

"Action RPGs kind of outsell classic RPGs": Fallout OG Tim Cain says AAA RPGs default to violence because it sells, so support non-violent options when you get 'em
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Better stock up on Animal Crossing DLC

The Witcher 4 NPCs will offer a "more immersive experience" than other CD Projekt games: "We are trying to push the bar here"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Are you ready to be immersed?
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