
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

"What the f***" is Markiplier's Iron Lung movie doing earning $8.9 million in one night, wonders Iron Lung dev
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Call it the reverse Return to Silent Hill effect

Marathon is '90s futurism, according to Bungie lead, who says the shooter was "deeply inspired" by wild PlayStation ads
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Who wouldn't be?

Helldivers 2 writer had 7 days to find face of the franchise John Helldiver, the "most insincere" man in the galaxy
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Sorry to all the Johns out there"

Life sim Heartopia is about to get the collab of the century, but some players are already jumping ship after AI usage
By Ashley Bardhan published
News My Little Pony is coming to Heartopia… at what cost!

Japanese shooter studio was skeptical of Sony's PS1, but not for the same reason as everybody else: "They've got beards"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't judge a book by its beard

Arc Raiders martyr spends "2 months and 300 hours" on awful achievement only 14 other people have managed to secure
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It does really sound awful

Silent Hill legend doesn't think the franchise has changed, since Konami's "philosophical approach" is still the same
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Return to Silent Hill and Silent Hill f are both a part of the same monster

Baldur's Gate 3 boss doesn't like mean criticism amid Highguard backlash, but he knows "good games are being mutilated"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Break it to him gently

RPG legend returns to the franchise he co-created 40 years ago as Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's advisor
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "I'm very glad to be able to contribute"

Anthem fan server project, which started "out of little more than spite for EA and Bioware," isn't making much progress
By Ashley Bardhan published
News An engine can't run only on spite

Blizzard says WoW players can keep selling services for in-game currency unless their business is "non-traditional"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It might be time for a different side hustle

Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 promises "better endgame" that makes it easier for lapsed players to return by abolishing tax
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Dune and improved

GTA 5 Online update fixes a million bugs, and now some players will no longer randomly spawn in the ocean
By Ashley Bardhan published
News We got ocean bug fixes before GTA 6

New Witcher spinoff was vetted "by multiple loremasters" at CD Projekt Red, so devs couldn't get away with everything
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Reigns: The Witcher devs had to reign it in

After layoffs, Ubisoft laments "important truths" and increases subscription prices for a 17-year-old franchise
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Just Dance+, and the + stands for you paying more money

Silent Hill legend Akira Yamaoka says horror isn't as important to the franchise as "emotional complexity"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News For nearly 30 years, Yamaoka has helped build a complicated Silent Hill

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 uses Unreal Engine 4 because "we're already familiar" with it, director explains
By Ashley Bardhan published
News And then everybody clapped

Prince of Persia remake cancellation is "the most devastating moment" of voice actor's career after 3 years of work
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Eman Ayaz learned the news online

World of Warcraft Midnight pre-patch adds colony of bugs, filling the sky with dragons and turning hills into gray lumps
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Here we go again

Two hours with Grace in Resident Evil Requiem turned me into the most anxious person alive
By Ashley Bardhan published
Hands-on Hands-on | I'm going with Grace

Fallout lead says "spaghetti code" has nothing to do with being "lazy" – it happens when devs aren't given enough time
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Hope you're hungry for lots of spaghetti

Forza Horizon 6 adds Assassin's Creed Shadows-style base where you can build anything, if you fund it with tofu delivery
By Ashley Bardhan published
News No pain, no Estate
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