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

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?

The Witcher 4 has "completely new regions" and monsters, including one the game director calls a "tricky, tricky bastard" that "plays with your own fears"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Leave us alone, Bauk!

2025 kicks off with another live service death as Friday the 13th: The Game fans sadly twerk on its grave
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't cry because it's over, smile because Jason has an ax

Minecraft experts dedicate 3 years to building Breath of the Wild's entire open-world map out of blocks: "I put everything else aside"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Blood, sweat, and blocks

Silent Hill 2 Remake's reinvention of its most underrated character means so much more in 2024
By Ashley Bardhan published
Year in Review Year in Review | Angela is better than she's ever been

Hideo Kojima offers another Death Stranding 2 update and a demonstration of his unique PS5 controller technique: "Building the game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cool controller, Kojima

Palworld drops a massive update that further distances the survival game from Pokemon following the Nintendo lawsuit, and fans couldn't be more proud: "Justice for Palworld"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Nintendo is going to be fuming"

The Witcher 4 devs say romance will "absolutely" be a part of the RPG, it just has to be "super compelling and very meaningful"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's official, Ciri is single and available

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
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