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

Zelda and Star Fox remakes are fine, but former Nintendo staff say it needs "more than nostalgia"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang are skeptical

Subnautica 2 "creature mitigation" a priority for updates
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News "Most of us chose to put our bases away from these"

Xbox lead says industry will see "more change happening in the next couple of years than the 25 years that got us here"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Good change?

Only 6.8% of Crimson Desert players on Steam have completed the open-world game 2 months from launch
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Take your time

GTA 6 fans expect pre-orders after Best Buy says they start today, "verified" source says otherwise
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News The hopium wells are running dry…

Subnautica 2 dev knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but prefers if people buy "and return it"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News "You gotta be a true idiot"

Forza Horizon 6 won't let you destroy cherry blossom trees because they're too important to Japan
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Brake around the blossoms!

Crimson Desert star was in Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' open-world game is "unlike anything"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Kliff was inspired by Alec Newman's late family member

Subnautica 2 has already sold 1 million copies and it's been out for literally one hour
By Scott McCrae, Ashley Bardhan Last updated
News And that doesn't even count the Xbox Game Pass numbers

"FromSoftware is making steady progress" amid push "to develop IP in games" and film, says owner
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News FromSoftware is mid-transformation

Crimson Desert soars past 150,000 Steam reviews with Very Positive rating despite story criticism
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Good for her

Fallout campaign predating the entire franchise still exists thanks to a handwritten note
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News My head hurts

ConcernedApe says future Stardew Valley update might let you cheat on your spouse
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News But don't expect anyone to be happy about it

Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss wants to "accelerate development" on Pokemon-like MMO DokeV
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News DokeV was originally announced in 2019

Fallout 4 and Stardew Valley lead new Xbox Game Pass "starter edition" tier for Nitro subscribers
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News A deal's a deal

Uncharted 4 dataminer uncovers lost version from Amy Hennig with new cutscenes, more Elena
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News A parallel universe

One Baldur's Gate 3 fan is on a mission to complete the weirdest collection in the RPG
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News So many bones

Helldivers 2 will receive "core" improvements by summer with "more reactive" Galactic War
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News But some players aren't convinced

BioShock 4 delay "disappointed" Take-Two CEO, who thinks the studio "wasted a lot of time"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Showbiz, baby

Zelda-like Mina the Hollower gets May release date in "make-or-break" moment for Shovel Knight devs
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News A whole Castlevania, just for a mouse

It's been exactly 1 year since GTA 6 Trailer 2, and fans are being as normal as you'd expect
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Just a little while longer now…

Xbox CEO confirms it's "winding down" Microsoft Copilot on mobile and ending it on console
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Xbox originally announced Copilot for console in March

New Xbox CEO replaces 24-year Microsoft employees with former CoreAI, Meta, Instacart execs
By Ashley Bardhan Published
News Xbox continues to change
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