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

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

Xbox Project Helix announced, "next generation console" will "play your Xbox and PC games," Microsoft says
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's apparently "the return of Xbox"

As death threats derail Helldivers 2's wholesome D10 challenge, devs address “increasing hostility in the community”
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Humans are not the enemy, Helldivers"

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
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