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

Helldivers 2 veterans stole Arrowhead's "fantasy approach" to action while making stunning new horror Metroidvania
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Silver Pines is a moody, Twin Peaks-kind of mystery

Helldivers 2 retires gratuitous 154GB Steam build this month in favor of "slim" PC version
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Your hard drive will be grateful

"Overwhelming evidence of organized espionage": MindsEye CEO blames launch on "corporate sabotage" amid more layoffs
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Today is a very difficult day"

Resident Evil Requiem Leon actor doesn't care who the hero's married to, would rather see him "open an ice cream parlor"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You're asking "Claire or Ada?" when you should be wondering "chocolate or vanilla?"

Helldivers 2 CEO seems to accept fans' $1,000 challenge to play on the nastiest difficulty, but it's already backfiring
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Shams Jorjani is doing his best

Resident Evil Requiem lets you become the evil resident and use an infected enemy's blindness to your advantage
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Do what you need to do

Marathon players aren't as impressed by 9,152,844 PvP beta deaths as they are by 384,866 drinkable burgers extractions
By Ashley Bardhan published
News That is way too many liquefied burgers

Resident Evil Requiem's ungodly final puzzle is solved after stumping players for days, and it all came down to a toilet
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Get ready to flush

Stellar Blade studio will expand its "self-publishing capabilities" – which could include the sequel to the action game
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Shift Up is shaping up

Alice Madness Returns creator American McGee is making a spiritual successor, and he's not worried about EA
By Ashley Bardhan published
Features Interview | American McGee has another pretty grim story to tell

Valve says Marathon's Server Slam is the biggest Steam Next Fest demo, but I'm not sure that should count
By Ashley Bardhan published
News If that's a demo, then what am I?

The cutest game I've ever played slapped me in the face with character death at the start of its Steam Next Fest demo
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth demo is painfully honest

"The first ever fontslop game": Marathon players are already sick of looking at the upcoming Bungie shooter's UI
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What font is that?

Pokemon Champions brings pocket 'mon PvP to Nintendo Switch in April 2026, with mobile version coming "later this year"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's not easy being the champ

Stardew Valley creator reveals 14-year-old footage of Sprout Valley, a technically "functioning game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Things were a little different around Sprout Valley

Dune Awakening will start character migration and closing near-empty servers – but fans are already "nervous"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Plus, an apology for "the recent Hagga Basin incident"

Valve sued over loot boxes as state of New York demands "full restitution" for players
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Valve has made tens of millions of dollars selling keys to thousands of New York residents"

Stardew Valley creator announces 10-year anniversary video with "pre-release footage" and "new 1.7 marriage candidates"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Who could it be?

BioShock 2 could have had a "Big Sister scare" system, but its designer is "finally" using it for new occult deckbuilder
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Eek!

Blizzard preps patch for WoW housing in Midnight, but players seem to want more from the MMO's hot new feature
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Midnight approaches

Ubisoft CEO fights nepotism claims against Assassin's Creed studio by saying "Ubisoft was created as a family company"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News I do not think it means what you think it means

Xbox co-founder says Phil Spencer exhausted himself trying "to do the right thing" and he feels "worst" for Sarah Bond
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The good fight had to end

World of Warcraft devs ditch combat addons to make raids harder strategically – not to "shoot more bullets at you"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News I guess I don't need this Coding for Dummies book anymore
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