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

Fish with three rows of teeth deploys its tongue to capture a crab
Subnautica 2 devs aren't "judging players who want combat," but it isn't happening

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Let it go

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Exodus
Hasbro cancels Dungeons & Dragons game from God of War and Star Wars Jedi vet after early concept

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News At least we have Exodus

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time screenshot showing Link, a young boy with elf-like ears and blond hair, with a surprised expression on his face
Zelda and Star Fox remakes are fine, but former Nintendo staff say it needs "more than nostalgia"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang are skeptical

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Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 "creature mitigation" a priority for updates

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "Most of us chose to put our bases away from these"

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Xbox logo on sparkly green background
Xbox lead says industry will see "more change happening in the next couple of years than the 25 years that got us here"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Good change?

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Crimson Desert
Only 6.8% of Crimson Desert players on Steam have completed the open-world game 2 months from launch

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Take your time

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Lucia leaves prison in GTA 6 trailer 2
GTA 6 fans expect pre-orders after Best Buy says they start today, "verified" source says otherwise

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News The hopium wells are running dry…

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Subnautica 2 character flies over ocean in single-seat aircraft
Subnautica 2 dev knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but prefers if people buy "and return it"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "You gotta be a true idiot"

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Cherry blossoms swirl around a silver car that drives towards Mt Fuji in Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 won't let you destroy cherry blossom trees because they're too important to Japan

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Brake around the blossoms!

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Kliff in a sword fight with masked warrior Reed Devil in a golden field
Crimson Desert star was in Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' open-world game is "unlike anything"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Kliff was inspired by Alec Newman's late family member

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Subnautica 2 character smiles at alien artifact
Subnautica 2 has already sold 1 million copies and it's been out for literally one hour

By Scott McCrae, Ashley Bardhan last updated

News And that doesn't even count the Xbox Game Pass numbers

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Elden Ring soldier drawing sword
"FromSoftware is making steady progress" amid push "to develop IP in games" and film, says owner

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News FromSoftware is mid-transformation

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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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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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