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

Diablo 4 streamer pulverizes new Lord of Hatred expansion's difficulty tier in 17 hours, complains
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "It just didn't take that long"

One of EA's best games exists partly because Jurassic Park's Michael Crichton told the dev to do it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Thanks, Michael Crichton

Diablo 4 needs "aspirational content," says director, but don't discredit casual gameplay
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The ARPG has a balance to maintain

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor was "nervous" for Metacritic score after appearing in Gollum game
By Ashley Bardhan published
News But Rich Keeble really didn't need to worry

Nier master Yoko Taro became a director because he wouldn't stop yapping
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "So, anyway, I became a director"

Steam Deck 2 still in the works, Valve says, but Steam Machine and Steam Controller come first
By Ashley Bardhan published
News I'm ready when you are

Helldivers 2 lead promises "meaningful changes" after "painful to read" criticism of Arrowhead
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Thank you to everyone who participated constructively, especially when you were angry"

EA asked ex-Doom dev to make new game "'sexy,'" so he put "dildos onto the head of a giant snail"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Don't try to Google it"

Quake 2 dev felt "breathless" when he saw how Valve was using id Software's engine
By Ashley Bardhan published
News All roads lead to Alice

Microsoft goes back to Xbox and ditches Microsoft Gaming as leaders admit "players are frustrated"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Here comes the re-rebrand

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced star says "this ship has had more leaks than a worn-out hull"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Matt Ryan is self-aware

Crimson Desert players keep losing boss fights to a haunted book that forces you to read it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News B-book?!

Fallout co-creator says too many gamers "like hating things," which "doesn't lead to a better game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Be polite to Tim Cain

Fallout 5 rumored setting New Orleans was originally discussed at New Vegas studio Obsidian
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Fallout New Orleans rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

Square Enix slaps Final Fantasy 14 content creator with lawsuit over alleged harassment
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's nice to be nice

Xbox Game Pass gets "grim prognosis" from ex-Sony CEO, new Xbox head tells him they should "chat"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Everything OK over there?

Fallout 2 and New Vegas designer still hates the series' Amazon TV show
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Tough crowd

Redguard fans discover the 28-year-old game has a special way of protecting women from creeps
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Redguard comes with guardrails!

Ubisoft team reportedly freed from support studio prison and allowed to pitch its own games again
By Ashley Bardhan last updated
News The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team is back, maybe

Pokemon and Palworld clone Pickmos removed from Steam: "We are revising the game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Good luck with that

Todd Howard isn't a master of design or programming, "but there is nobody" better at combining them
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Thanks, I think?

Marvel Rivals will become a "'moving anime' experience" by 2027, says creative director
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Whatever that means!

Pokemon-like MMO Temtem instead channels Palworld with Temtem: Pioneers
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Temtem: Pioneers' Kickstarter campaign is now live
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