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

Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel actor was "paranoid" about making the githyanki girlfriend’s voice "lower and lower" through Act 3 until she realized "it really works with her character development"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "I think she comes in, you know, all guns blazing, all swords blazing, whatever"

Following Marvel Rivals layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says studios fail big games when they don't set expectations for players: "Under promise, over-deliver"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "I absolutely think this ties into layoffs in a big way"

Marvel Rivals apparently hit with significant layoffs despite "incredibly successful" launch: "This is such a weird industry"
By Ashley Bardhan last updated
News NetEase seems to have laid off its US Marvel Rivals team

Doubling-down on League of Legends' worst PR disaster in years, developer Riot locks hotly anticipated cosmetic behind $240 gacha wall
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser is in trouble

Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered trapped me in a cave for over an hour, but at least it taught me a valuable lesson in following instructions
By Ashley Bardhan published
Now Playing Now Playing | Get me out of here

Split Fiction's Josef Fares thinks game devs should embrace AI: "I can understand the fact that some people could lose their jobs, but that goes for every new technology"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Fares has AI on his mind

Rockstar creates official Discord server and immediately gets flooded by horny Among Us fanart and demands for GTA 6
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It was never going to go any other way

Elden Ring streamer who beat Shadow of the Erdtree with her mind is already preparing to annihilate Nightreign in the most sci-fi way possible: "I haven’t touched a controller in ages"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Perrikaryal is ready for more brain games

There was no Bloodborne at the State of Play, obviously
By Ashley Bardhan published
News We need to practice acceptance

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza will soon get a playable demo and an unexpectedly adorable Dave the Diver crossover
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You'll be able to check out Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii starting February 13

The studio behind one of 2017's most underrated shooters announced a new sci-fi FPS at State of Play, and it looks like Doom meets Armored Core
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Metal Eden is extreme

Hello Kitty Island Adventure players are being mercilessly stalked by Cinnamoroll, a bipedal puppy who doesn't blink: "It's actually kinda freaking me out"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cinnamoroll hasn't heard of personal space

With one hand for each character, Elden Ring master beats Shadow of the Erdtree and its infamous final boss while playing on PC and PS5 at the same time
By Ashley Bardhan published
News At this point, Elden Ring sickos will be playing Nightreign by themselves

Fantasy Life developer says it struggled with "compatible platforms and new hardware," but now the long-awaited 3DS game sequel is "shaping up to be an outstanding RPG"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Switch game should be out in April

Marvel Rivals confirms The Thing and Human Torch release date, but many players are too frustrated with ranks resetting twice every season to care
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Two too many resets

Monster Hunter Wilds will give you one free character edit, which is great for Fashion Hunters, but frustrating for everyone who's sick of paywalled customization
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Use your free pass very wisely

Fatal Fury's top anime girlfriend Mai "bounces" into Street Fighter 6, and her bouncy arrival is driving Capcom to horny madness: "She's giving fierce. She's slaying"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Mai Shiranui is rocking Capcom's world

I swore I'd never even look at a Call of Duty game, but then I started falling asleep to the sound of Black Ops 6
By Ashley Bardhan published
Opinion Opinion | Who knew the sound of fake gunfire could be so relaxing?

Avowed won't have enemy scaling, director confirms, but it will have jank: "You gotta accept a little jank to do something fun and creative"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Welcome to the jank house

Helldivers 2 CEO praises players for their "brilliant" DSS strategy, but follows up with a grave threat: "J.O.E.L. is out to get you now"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The DSS is under control

After 1,428 deaths, Elden Ring player literally beats the whole game using a real boxing dummy as a controller, and not even Malenia was safe
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Punching to victory

"I have a guardian angel Steam dev": One brave PC gamer is trading Steam cards for pennies to earn enough cash for a Steam Deck, and $200 in with 20,000 cards left, it's going shockingly well
By Ashley Bardhan last updated
News Ringler is on a noble journey

Nintendo finally confirms exactly when we'll get more Switch 2 details with the April Direct, which promises a "closer look" at the console ahead of hands-on previews
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Are you ready for more Switch 2?
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