Ashley Bardhan

Ashley Bardhan

Senior Writer

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

Crimson Desert at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023
Crimson Desert soars past 150,000 Steam reviews with Very Positive rating despite story criticism

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Good for her

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Screenshot from Fallout opening cinematic
Fallout campaign predating the entire franchise still exists thanks to a handwritten note

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News My head hurts

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A Stardew Valley character
ConcernedApe says future Stardew Valley update might let you cheat on your spouse

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But don't expect anyone to be happy about it

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A DokeV character gasps while holding glasses
Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss wants to "accelerate development" on Pokemon-like MMO DokeV

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News DokeV was originally announced in 2019

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Stardew Valley character Haley, a blonde young woman with long wavy hair and bright blue eyes, against a blurred backdrop of a farm
Fallout 4 and Stardew Valley lead new Xbox Game Pass "starter edition" tier for Nitro subscribers

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News A deal's a deal

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Elena looks concerned in Uncharted 4
Uncharted 4 dataminer uncovers lost version from Amy Hennig with new cutscenes, more Elena

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News A parallel universe

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Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing Withers, a mummified corpse-like man with gray features and golden adornments
One Baldur's Gate 3 fan is on a mission to complete the weirdest collection in the RPG

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News So many bones

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Cropped Helldivers 2 art from the official 'Save Cyberstan' poster.
Helldivers 2 will receive "core" improvements by summer with "more reactive" Galactic War

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But some players aren't convinced

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Elizabeth cries in BioShock Infinite
BioShock 4 delay "disappointed" Take-Two CEO, who thinks the studio "wasted a lot of time"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Showbiz, baby

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The title character of Mina the Hollower
Zelda-like Mina the Hollower gets May release date in "make-or-break" moment for Shovel Knight devs

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News A whole Castlevania, just for a mouse

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Two GTA 6 characters gasp at a phone screen
It's been exactly 1 year since GTA 6 Trailer 2, and fans are being as normal as you'd expect

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Just a little while longer now…

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Xbox logos
Xbox CEO confirms it's "winding down" Microsoft Copilot on mobile and ending it on console

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Xbox originally announced Copilot for console in March

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Xbox logos
New Xbox CEO replaces 24-year Microsoft employees with former CoreAI, Meta, Instacart execs

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Xbox continues to change

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A woman sits at a bar in an Arc Raiders trailer
Arc Raiders devs "still learning" what to do with PvP

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News PvP v PvE

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Resident Evil Requiem gameplay reveal
Resident Evil Requiem singing zombie actor is suddenly in the running for fan-favorite

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Isabella Inchbald didn't know fans would love Selena Corey, but she's glad they do

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Crimson Desert screenshot shows Kliff looking out over a vast landscape.
Crimson Desert player finds out-of-bounds village that looks like medieval Red Dead Redemption 2

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News It already has items and everything

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Elder Scrolls Online
ESO vet hates when people think the MMO is a "WoW clone" since "you're not going to have fun at all"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News MMORPGs will be MMORPGs

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Stick figures close their eyes and embrace
Facing Chinese censorship, RPG shows users its most depraved content through stick figure drawings

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But can you truly censor matters of the heart?

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Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred demon in lava
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"

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Alice Liddell is reflected in a shattered green eye
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

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Diablo 4 character screams in front of gray sky
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

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Monoco readies for battle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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

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Drakengard 3 character holds up her palm while frowning
Nier master Yoko Taro became a director because he wouldn't stop yapping

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "So, anyway, I became a director"

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Phil Hayton holding Steam Deck OLED with mascot face on screen with thrown.
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

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Helldivers 2
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"

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