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

Portal 2
Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But what if I don't like the consequences of my actions?

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Wolverine looks shocked
Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Put your money where your comment is

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GTA 6
Rockstar snuck "unannounced" game's missions into GTA 4

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Unless that's what they want you to think!

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Artwork from Zero Parades: For Dead Spies showing the Conditioning thought Ineffable Melancholy, showing a man with bulky headphones about to play a red disc
Controversial Disco Elysium studio plans 32 layoffs after latest RPG's poor "commercial performance"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "We will persist"

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Marathon Triage runner
Marathon just lost its game director: Joe Ziegler is Bungie's latest high-profile departure

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Dark timeline

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A pirate sneers in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced players keep spoiling treasure hunt with "insane luck"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Sorry about that

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Garry's Mod
Half of all games released on Steam will use AI by 2028, study predicts

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Does anyone actually want this?

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Mortal Shell character floats against black background
PS5-exclusive physical edition Soulslike sells out as Sony moves to end physical editions

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Everyone wants a piece of Mortal Shell 2

7 Comments
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The Sims 4 screenshot showing a young woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair and an academic green coat, her expression surprised
EA exec says in-game advertising is a "huge opportunity" for devs, especially for games like Skate

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News As if we haven't suffered enough

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Astro Bot
Threats of a $1,000 PS6 have ex-Sony president just as scared as you are

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Not $1,000's worth, I bet

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Fallout: New Vegas
Only 16 Fallout: New Vegas developers still work at Obsidian, says RPG's original writer

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News The studio is currently working on a new Fallout game

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Helldivers 2 Python Commandos Warbond weapons
"How Ubisoft and Embracer leadership aren't in prison absolutely eludes me," says Helldivers 2 dev

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News The bloodbath gets thicker

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A distressed Peak character
AI vibe coding threatens discoverability on storefronts like Steam, analyst warns

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Technology of the future!

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The Witcher 3
OG CD Projekt dev says The Witcher remake can't be open-world

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News However, The Witcher remake will be open-world

10 Comments
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Far Cry 6
Ubisoft says "releasing a game too late" could "hinder its success" as Far Cry 7 wait continues

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Interesting concept

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Best FPS games
After Xbox layoffs, id Software producer says worker-owned studios are "the only path forward"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Microsoft is planning 3,200 layoffs total

16 Comments
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Ghost of Yotei
PlayStation is ditching a $402 million market, says major UK retail association

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Everybody loses

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Key art for Grave Seasons
There are no right answers to the supernatural murder plot in Grave Seasons, and that has me excited

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Hello, is this my serial killer boyfriend?

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Valko mimes a gun with his fingers
Love and Deepspace just deleted a wolf boy from existence

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News My werewolf CEO didn't deserve this

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GTA 6 character poses wearing sunglasses and jean skirt
Rockstar union rep says GTA 6 bosses can afford demands after a reported $3 billion in pre-orders

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Rockstar devs hope to join ZA/UM in trailblazing video game unions in the UK

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Shade Protocol heroine holding lightning
Gorgeous Metroidvania hits 150,000 Steam wishlists, reaches 6x its $40,000 Kickstarter goal in a day

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News SHADE Protocol looks set for a sunny future

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A skull appears in the dark
Horror devs respond to Steam user who called update "the worst" by releasing a whole update for them

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News May all your axes be inverted

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Two GTA 6 characters gasp at a phone screen
New GTA 6 screenshots bring a Red Dead Redemption 2 crossover theory back into the spotlight

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News I'm not convinced

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Screenshot from Windrose, showing a pirate aiming down the sights of her rifle while standing in front of tropical trees.
Palworld lead says there's no "bad blood" between rival survival games like Valheim and Rust

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "We love survival games!"

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Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2 lead says "some days I feel our industry is imploding" after Destiny 2 studio layoffs

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Where do we go from here?

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