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
Oh thank goodness, the Fortnite rumors are true and Mariah Carey is here as a... 10-foot-tall Christmas goddess from space?
By Ashley Bardhan published
News She's here to save us
Bloober's new sci-fi horror game looks like Silent Hill 2 meets Alien, the retrofuturistic gorefest I've always dreamed of
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cronos: The New Dawn might be the best way to follow up Silent Hill 2
The Witcher 3's Geralt actor spent just an hour delivering the most chilling voice lines for the baddest bonehead in Baldur’s Gate 3: "I was just like, 'yeah, please, yes!'"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Bhaal would be no one without Doug Cockle
Massive Stalker 2 patch starts chipping away at the notoriously glitchy game's worst problems, including over 80 cutscene problems and nearly 2,000 more bugs
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Stalker 2 is getting a makeover
Hideo Kojima originally had "no plans" for a character like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja until Yoji Shinkawa's art had him saying "hell yeah, a ninja cyborg!"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Let us cherish Cyborg Ninja
Final Fantasy 7's original director suggests Cloud should be proud of the JRPG's infamous love triangle: "What a lucky guy"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Having two girlfriends is both a gift and a curse
South of Midnight’s nasty-looking, dinosaur-sized alligator boss already has the potential to become my favorite villain ever
By Ashley Bardhan published
News That's one big alligator
XDefiant just put out an absolutely massive patch featuring 3 new factions and more for a game you can't even download now
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ubisoft's FPS takes its last breath
There are "many very valid worries and responses" to Ciri taking the lead in The Witcher 4, but CDPR says "we're not suddenly making up stuff just because we want to"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ciri will go where the lore takes her
Civilization 7 fans jealous of old man with wonderful flexibility beg the strategy game's developer to make him stop dancing
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Prospector hit the Griddy
Secret Level will keep adapting games like Armored Core and Pac-Man as Amazon's Prime Video renews for season 2
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Secret Level is coming back for more
Fallout co-creator has made so many cult favorite RPGs, but he's not turning any of them into franchises for one very good reason: "The problem is the cult part"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Just play Fallout 2 and be grateful
Helldivers 2 players celebrate victory after scaring new Illuminate invaders out of the galaxy, only for the creepy squid aliens to come running back
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't lay down your arms just yet
The Witcher 4 director on lessons learned from the "struggles" of Cyberpunk 2077's release: "It's a continuation of the evolution, improvement, and transformation"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News CD Projekt Red is taking a new approach
Caves of Qud co-creator's tip to tackle this sci-roguelike epic is also my tip for learning RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3: beef up and get a big ol' sword
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You'll feel safer when you're swole
The Witcher 4 will bring back diehard fans' most favorite minigame since CD Projekt Red loves it too: "I don't think anyone will be disappointed"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Prepare to get Gwent-ed
Elden Ring is officially FromSoftware's most popular game — it outsold the developer's entire Dark Souls series by 2 million copies
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Elden Ring supremacy
As Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth finally escapes PlayStation prison, the JRPG's director says "I recommend the PC version" for the "improved lighting"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is out on PC in January
Helldivers 2 director says the new Illuminate update is for the most hardcore players: "You can’t match everyone’s needs"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Casuals, watch out
PlayStation devs on Astro Bot share their GOTY acceptance with Nintendo, the king of platformers: "We want to pay tribute to them tonight"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The console wars are on pause
Splitgate 2 gets new gameplay trailer at The Game Awards, and the 4v4 portal shooter has never looked so ridiculously fun
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Splitgate 2 does not yet have an official release date
As if The Outlast Trials couldn't get any more deranged, the horror co-op game's big new update adds more tooth guns and lady who lives in the walls
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Project Breach is out now
Cyberpunk 2077 dev offers temporary beta branch so that Update 2.2 doesn’t make your mods explode
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It'll be available until January
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