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

In a literal game changer for TikTok videos, Subway Surfers 2 is finally happening over 13 years after the original
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The next station is: Subway Surfers City

Desperate for a guy who stinks a little, fans of popular RPG can't believe update makes love interests take a shower
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Think of my water bill

Resident Evil Requiem producer says "Leon's counterpart" Grace is easily scared, but the game's stalker is worth fearing
By Ashley Bardhan published
News My stink is none of your business

Mirror's Edge originally looked like "every other Unreal game" in 2008, but it literally made people sick
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Gears of War treatment didn't really work for Mirror's Edge

Fallout 4 modder turns Bethesda boss Todd Howard into infamous "immortal snail" that kills you with a single touch
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't do it, Todd

New GOG owner reckons it doesn't have to beat Steam outright, just do a few things better: "People will come"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's more like a non-hostile takeover

Skyrim scholar uses geometry to determine how walkable the RPG's best cities are, and the results are terrible
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Windhelm needs to figure out its sidewalks

15 years and a nasty IP war with EA can no longer hold back game after creator decides to turn characters into bunnies
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Alice: Madness Returns returns!

Ex-Skyrim artist hopes Elder Scrolls 6 has "some new ideas" that avoid the franchise burnout seen in Assassin's Creed
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sorry to this assassin

A Honkai: Star Rail leaker was sued for over $150,000, but skipped his own court date and somehow ended up owing $16,500
By Ashley Bardhan published
News I mean, if it's only 3 screenshots…

Fallout narrator Ron Perlman says he joined the franchise for "$40 and a sandwich," wondered "why?" there was more than one game
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What's a little Fallout to a Hellboy?

Ex-Bethesda artist hopes Fallout 5 is set down South, but echoes former GTA lead in thinking farther than that might "backfire"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Nate Purkeypile knows that change is risky

Vampire games were neglected in 2025, but that only proves my point: this was the year of the underdog bloodsucker
By Ashley Bardhan published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Even Dracula needs a friend

Anime RPG with 50 million downloads is about to turn into horny Star Wars, so hold onto your Chewbacca: "I'm ready"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's what the Rebel Alliance would have wanted

Danganronpa creator is excited for you to play next game that's "not a remake of Danganronpa 2" – though "it brings back memories"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Kazutaka Kodaka really wants you to know Danganronpa 2x2 is not a remake

GTA Tokyo nearly happened until the idea fizzled out: "It doesn't make sense to set it in some left-field location for novelty"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What could have been…

Industry analysts are "extremely concerned about" console prices, wouldn't be shocked if the Nintendo Switch 2 costs more in 2026
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Happy new year

"Don't be lazy f**ko's": Retro games legend reacts to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 AI controversy
By Ashley Bardhan published
News A house divided…

Divinity: Original Sin 2 star is excited about that "delicious" Divinity trailer, though Larian hasn't invited her back "yet"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sebille is happy to get a little weird

Steam games that openly use generative AI earned $660 million, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Stellaris, and more
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Uh oh…

Silent Hill f writer says he's "forever scared of" women, and that's why the game takes them seriously
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Horror is devotional for Ryukishi07

"Now it's just toxic": Helldivers 2 lead says meta weapons make you bored of having a "bigger power fantasy than everyone else"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "'Oh, you didn't bring a Railgun to the lobby?'"

Ex-Bethesda lead reveals origins of Fallout's text and iconic "F*** You": "I was honestly expecting them to tell me to delete it"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News F*** you!
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