
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

Capcom says Resident Evil: Requiem is "almost an upgrade" of Resident Evil 2 horror but the devs honestly aren't sure what's scary anymore: "We've made so many of these that we can't tell"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What do you do when the Residents are 2 Evil?

World's most popular horny RPG with over 50 million downloads gives up on decorum in "divine" update that's probably illegal somewhere: "WAITT WHATT??? FROM BEHINDD?"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Love and Deepspace is demonstrating its understanding of love and deep space

Borderlands 4 mercifully ditches most of Borderlands 3 potty humor, but Gearbox gives itself a treat and references Dark Souls meme from Twitter in hidden sidequest
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Very cool

PlayStation celebrates 30 years with $325 deluxe photo book that Sony says is "sure to become a coveted collectors item" instead of answering fans' prayers for more retro games
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Uh, that's cool

Imagine Hades and Vampire Survivors had a beautifully twisted baby, and you get the latest ambitious game from one of the best horror studios you've never heard of
By Ashley Bardhan published
Features Feature | AstralShift horror is mythologically scary, with a lot of mythologically beautiful dresses

Helldivers 2 won't get bigger lobbies because 16 players would come with a side of "16 FPS," Arrowhead CEO says: "We're trying to fix performance. Not kill it"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sorry about that

"This full remake gave us the perfect opportunity": One of the scariest Japanese horror games is back after 20 years, and its director is just glad technology now lets you hold hands with your sister
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The power of technology!

GTA 5 Michael actor says his challenge for GTA 6, "it might even be a mission," will be to "try to find a small ass," because "all the asses I've seen in that game so far are huge"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ass equality

Working with Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone was "truly an honor," says Infinity Nikki dev after surprise crossover: "Eric was very thoughtful throughout the process"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cozy overload!

Even after 20 years of annual releases, Call of Duty devs would "all be dead lying if we said we weren't worried" about releasing 2 Black Ops games in a row
By Ashley Bardhan published
News That's a lot of Black Ops

The most unhinged anime character creator of all time is back with even more eyebrows, color gradients, and hair layers in Code Vein 2
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Down to the last detail"

Payday 2 dev adds DLC subscription to its 12-year-old game as a "cost effective alternative" after price hike, admits "we messed up" as players torch its Steam reviews
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's not looking like a payday… for Payday

Brain-breaking challenge run sees one player beat Silksong and Hollow Knight bosses at the same time on one controller: "I think it probably just gets harder from here on out"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News How…?

Nioh 3 devs confirm the release date Amazon leaked, adding another must-play action RPG to my 2026 to-do list
By Austin Wood, Ashley Bardhan published
News Nioh 3 is coming in February

Deus Ex Remastered announced, coming to PS5 in February to remind players 2000s RPGs were cool as hell: "Proceed with caution"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News PSA: Buy a leather jacket before February 5

Borderlands 4 player accidentally finds busted Torgue gun that obliterates enemy health bars so fast it triggers "total existence failure": "Every instance of damage goes up to 300,000"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Does anyone have any bug spray?

Indie dev says screw it, here's evil Hideo Kojima, and gives players the tools to make their own cameos in horror game about monsters disguised as people
By Ashley Bardhan published
News No, I'm not a Human – and neither are you

James Gunn says Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will let players experience the character "maybe as fully as they ever have"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News He may be a Lego, but he's also a Batman

Hideo Kojima says AI could "play a role" in helping ourselves "truly thrive in the 21st century," though he admits the technology devalues art: "Games and art are no longer considered special"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Call him Kojim-AI

Steam removes 2D platformer allegedly infected with malware, but not before it apparently steals over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from players
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The threat called BlockBlasters has now been blasted away

Indie game goes viral for turning Fallout 3's VATS system into an incredible anime action sequence where you steal limbs instead of just targeting them
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Good for you

FromSoftware finally added an easy button to one of its games: Elden Ring Nightreign will let you de-rank its brutal Deep of Night mode if you decide it's too hard
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Easy button ENGAGED

Helldivers 2 dev has the unlucky task of crushing players' hopes, confirming there's no new Stratagem waiting at the end of this Strategic Opportunity: "I guess a new mech or orbital is asking a lot"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You'll get 'em next Order
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