Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
Nostalgic indie game from publisher Annapurna is a "respite from the current cursed reality" inspired by real-life, dev says: "Ended about as well as you can expect, including a nice scar, and cow s***"
News Mixtape takes the berries with the bruises
Deus Ex lead's new game offers a Baldur's Gate 3-grade commitment to cheese where friends can betray each other over a wheel of parmesan
News I'd do anything for burrata
David Cronenberg says he's "never been a great games player" — the only "game" in movies like eXistenZ and Videodrome "is to try to understand what life is now"
News Cronenberg visited the Tribeca Film Festival red carpet for the 50th anniversary of Shivers
Until Dawn studio's first sci-fi game is a body horror fest inspired by John Carpenter with tons of Lethal Company tension, and I've never been so excited to turn into a pile of sludge
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Directive 8020 is my dream nightmare
You can cure Elden Ring Nightreign's most annoying random event for free by simply making it to Day 3 and jumping off a bridge and into a black pit of death
News Dying with dignity
Warner Bros. triples down on Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and DC in organization restructure, putting Batman: Arkham Origins and NetherRealm studio heads in charge
News "We are very fortunate"
PlayStation explains Death Stranding in 6 minutes to remind hopeful Death Stranding 2 players where they came from, but now I'm so confused I forgot where I was born
News So, where do the fetuses come in?
Hyper Light Drifter studio's new 2D side-scroller is a chimera of my favorite things: the mythology of Neon White, Metroidvania tension from Animal Well, and perfect Smash Bros. combat
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Heart Machine knows how to make me obsess
Stellar Blade director promises the sequel will add more narrative substance to the game that received practically a billion "adult" mods as soon as it released on Steam
News Beauty and brains!
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is the hardcore Soulslike you'd get if you tried to turn Sekiro into Chinese Dark Souls 3, and that devotion to FromSoftware is exactly why I like it
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | But, like, can developer Leenzee make me stop dying? Please?
Bandai Namco's first-ever roguelike is an entertaining, direct descendent of Hades with anime girls, but I wish it really was "unlike any roguelike" the way its devs promised me
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree will launch September 19
Capcom's android apocalypse Pragmata is such a genius mix of shooters and puzzle games, both of which I normally hate, and I'm starting to rethink my entire existence
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Pragmata is set to release in 2026
With Haunted Chocolatier still miles away, farming sim with serial killers Grave Seasons is here to scratch that cozy horror itch until it bleeds
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | I'd live in this spooky Stardew Valley, despite the risks
Flanked by The Duskbloods and The Blood of Dawnwalker, Code Vein 2 swoops into the vampire game renaissance by "improving" the lovably janky Soulslike RPG we got 6 years ago
News Code Vein 2 promises heavy emotions and heavy combat
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Order of Giants DLC is out this September with more of everyone's favorite fedora-wearing archaeologist
News The DLC will release on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S
I didn't know how badly I needed a PvPvE Dark Souls in my life until Mistfall Hunter threw one in my lap
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Hunt: Showdown meets FromSoftware was always going to look this cool
Capcom finally reveals first trailer for Resident Evil 9 at Summer Game Fest a year after its announcement
News Resident Evil Requiem looks… well, evil
Nostalgic new Mixtape trailer demonstrates the impossible power of a Life is Strange-like: I now want to attend my high school reunion
News Mixtape looks like a teenage daydream
Wildcard Wishlist: These are the games we've pinned our hopes and dreams on turning up at Summer Game Fest 2025
Feature SGF Predictions | Our brains might not want to take the risk, but these are the games our hearts demand
Elden Ring Nightreign recovers faster than a two-phase boss, hitting Mostly Positive reviews on Steam as FromSoftware drops patches to improve the solo and duo experience
News Take a look at that stamina regeneration
Palworld studio is releasing a psychological horror game so terrifying, even Pocketpair's own publishing manager has been "too scared to play it"
News "I just watched others play"
Elden Ring Nightreign wizard accidentally discovers 4-perk stack that turns the game into Vampire Survivors bullet heaven
News I don't think you're supposed to do that
Zynga suddenly shuts down studio from Diablo and Torchlight creators before they even had a chance to reveal its first original IP
News "This decision is part of a strategic realignment"
