Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
Fallout leads debated making the original game 3D like Tomb Raider, but couldn't get "the amount of detail" they wanted – something Bethesda eventually achieved in Fallout 3
News It wasn't meant to be for Leonard Boyarsky
I just died and went to Rhythm Heaven: Slay the Princess publisher reveals visual novel inspired by Nintendo's cult rhythm game series and cute puppies
Puppergeist might be one of the cutest spooky games ever
"Mad Max ... Payne": Former Just Cause boss's new studio channels Max Payne in apocalyptic teaser trailer showing a grungy open world
News Mad Max Payne, yes
Hideo Kojima pitched OD as a "really scary game" to Xbox boss Phil Spencer – and he was right, this looks terrifying
News Really, really scary
Battlefield 6 players rain chaos by literally taking a sledgehammer to the game, devs respond with weapons-grade exploit hunting: "Yeah. It won't work anymore"
News Bye bye buggies
Civilization 7 update brings pirates and "powerful" Ocean Tiles, but developer Firaxis won't say much more: "You'll notice smaller, less frequent updates while the team shifts into testing"
News Ahoy, Civilization
Forgotten for nearly 20 years, Nintendo DS exclusive Silent Hill-like is back with an inexplicable PC remaster creeping up Steam horror charts: "I'm surprised someone still remembers this franchise"
News Dementium: The Ward is out now on Steam
Arc Raiders devs tell players to chill about gear score matchmaking because it doesn't actually exist: "The focus is on maintaining the split between solos and squads"
News Deep breaths
Fortnite devs think removing guns from new proximity chat mode was a weird move, so now they're back in custom Delulu matches with up to 80 players – but players don't want guns: "Who is gonna tell him"
News Not me
One Japanese school is using Hideo Kojima's unfinished Silent Hill game PT to teach students English, and it sounds like a great way to memorize the words "murder his entire family"
News As if high school wasn't scary enough
We desperately needed that Hades 2 update, since a roguelike warrior just beat one of the game's most challenging runs without taking a single hit: "Untouchable"
News How? Is this? Possible?
After a year of silence, Paranormal Activity game from Mortuary Assistant dev finally gets a trailer, and it's a found footage freakshow that makes Lethal Company look like Saturday morning cartoons
News Paranormal Activity: Threshold is coming whether you like it or not
The most mid Square Enix game in existence, Balan Wonderworld, shocks the nation and sells a single copy in the US this September: "Somebody made the conscious decision to pick up that game"
News Balan Wonderworld lives
Ex Nintendo marketing leads say Pokemon devs "were very shellshocked" and "freaking out" about Pokemon Sword and Shield 'Dexit' controversy: "It wouldn't go away"
News The people need their Pokemon
After 30 million rounds and 816,162 rubber ducks, Arc Raiders celebrates successful Server Slam open beta with some prompt bug squashing: "We took immediate action"
News It was a good Server Slam
Arrowhead thanks Helldivers 2 fans begging for optimization for their "restraint from calling in orbital strikes," promises to fix everything from snow distribution to NPC eyeballs
News Strap in, Helldivers
Proudly offensive Japanese video game receives sequel after 30 years in which players destroy hot dogs and Taylor Swift tacos in fictional "Amurikkka," and it's going straight to my wishlist
News Hong Kong 97 is back with a vengeance
"The darker side of the universe": No Man's Sky adds "spooky" Breach Expedition update with new solar systems as devs celebrate last big patch hitting 110,000 concurrent PC players
News We have to go deeper
Treyarch admits Black Ops 7 "controller players are winning slightly more in close-range" thanks to aim assist, says it's reworking it while Raven eyes similar changes for Warzone
News Check on the mouse-and-keyboard players in your life
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 will now let players aim down sights "while sliding, diving, and wall jumping" without hated dexterity perk, and it's also adding louder footsteps
News One step forward, and then one louder step forward
Starfield designer admits Bethesda's space epic isn't "the same caliber" as Fallout and Elder Scrolls because it's full of procedural generation: "The planets start to feel very samey"
News It's good, but not great for Bethesda
Silksong fans discover how to put Hornet in jail for life and ruin their saves, which no one should do willingly unless they love suffering
News Free Hornet!
Nier creator Yoko Taro says he includes "small unknown features in my real autographs," so you might be getting scammed: "Nearly half of the autographs being resold are actually fake"
News What I do have are a very particular set of autographs
