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

Assassin's Creed Shadows players protest Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 "AI slop" filter
By Ashley Bardhan published
News They're going to yassify feudal Japan

Resident Evil Requiem is “better” with Nvidia DLSS 5, says Epic Games producer
By Ashley Bardhan last updated
News "Look at Grace’s face. Her skin shader has much better subsurface scattering"

I'm convinced the greatest horror game of all time is the Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly remake
By Ashley Bardhan published
Features Now Playing | I'm making a home in Koei Tecmo's ghost town

AI making something to GTA 6's scale is "laughable," Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "There is a creator economy that these tools have enabled, no doubt"

Arc Raiders update nerfs notorious Il Toro shotgun from basically every angle
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You're welcome

Assassin's Creed director says "maybe the future is, to use the dirty word, AI vibe-coding"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "You kind of want to see the asset reuse in a way"

"They're not good enough," joke devs behind "self-feeding" horror giant stuck in the Steam Top 50 while others rot
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Dead by Daylight is the asymmetrical horror king, no doubt about it

The best narrative designers are being inspired by the "excellent" design of your uncontrollable horniness
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Understood, have a nice day

Xbox AI lead says "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Since 2005, we've had Drivatar in Forza Motorsport"

10 years later, one of the only live-service horror games still standing learned how to win the "hellish" attention war
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Dead by Daylight is a very happy accident

Resident Evil Requiem gets kawaii makeover to appease RE2 director, who's been begging for a scare-free game since 1998
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cute!

Arc Raiders testers told Embark "they didn't like the PvP" after the game pivoted, and looting wasn't any better
By Ashley Bardhan published
News To PvPvE or not to PvP?

Xbox lead thinks "we have been in a golden age for indies" since 2008, and it's "a fantastic time to be a developer" if you ignore all the smoke
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Woohoo!

Steam expert advises devs stick to the "Little League" section with friendslop before attempting anything like Mewgenics
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Start small, think friendslop

Resident Evil Requiem Grace actor might be even more scared playing Capcom's horror game than her character is living it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News AHHHHHHH!

Xbox Project Helix dev kits to roll out in 2027, narrowing possible launch window as Microsoft doubles down on PC
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "We're bringing the best of Xbox to Windows itself"

55-year industry vet made the first CRPG, got laid off, went bankrupt, but "I don't care": "Business does not love you"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Neverwinter Nights designer Don Daglow is riding the wave

Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami has been working on a new AAA action RPG for at least 1 year, and no one noticed
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Though, he's shared hardly any details about it

Fallout 4 was "missing something," but Todd Howard helped confirm "there should be this overriding sense of paranoia"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Commonwealth is no joke

Resident Evil Requiem's secret hero is the "damsel in distress" that redefines the trope
By Ashley Bardhan published
Features Opinion | Emily is even more important than she appears

"Slay the Spire but better": Slay the Spire 2 continues Steam domination with 6,000 Overwhelmingly Positive reviews
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "I'd let this game babysit my children"

Nintendo sues US government over "illegally collected" tariffs that delayed Switch 2 pre-orders
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Nintendo alleges it has already "suffered injury"

Xbox Project Helix might arrive in 2028, analyst suggests – and it "could be priced at $900" at minimum
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Xbox is preparing for its next, next generation
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