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

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

Xbox co-creator says "it's just not true" gaming is on the decline despite layoff apocalypse
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ed Fries says it's a "pendulum"

Horror indie game movie adaptations only work when directors understand what made them viral
By Ashley Bardhan published
Opinion Opinion | Indie horror games are having their movie moment, and I hope it lasts

I can be a roguelike hater, but I slammed the Steam wishlist button on this dark dollhouse world
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Ashen of Oz could approach a level of perfection I worried wasn't possible

Crimson Desert has everything except a female protagonist, so modders added one
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Welcome to Pywel, Jane Desert

Crimson Desert players are literally running out of enemies to fight
By Ashley Bardhan published
News How much game does an endgame need?

AAA developers are getting forced into "dangerous" siloes, says Guilty Gear creator
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Add it to the pile of problems

4 years later, new Elden Ring cutscene uncovered with massive lore implications
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Miquella's Haligtree is a gift

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is "better than the movie," says dev, but "it was harrowing" to make
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Trying to build a house on shifting sands"

Japanese company says it sent half of a game's $345,000 crowdfunding campaign to the wrong people
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Jiro Ishii and Skeleton Crew Studio are now owed more than $170 thousand

"Completing the Game" is the radical plan for The First Descendant after 2 years
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The developer admitted its looter shooter "did not work"

Crimson Desert players beg for more storage as their rock collections start getting out of hand
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Where am I supposed to put all my bugs?

Cyberpunk 2077's best shopkeeper was originally a side character devs had no idea what to do with
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Get your tarot cards out
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