Ashley Bardhan

Ashley Bardhan

Senior Writer

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

Key art for Valor Mortis shows a man kneeling before a large bust of Napoleon
Valor Mortis' Steam Next Fest demo shouldn't work, but the first-person Soulslike combat is too good

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Receiving psychic messages from Napoleon has changed me

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Orange GamesRadar+ Summer Preview border highlights a screenshot of Pinhead looking smug
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is the first shooter to match my freak

By Ashley Bardhan Published

Summer Preview Summer Preview | Saber Interactive isn't holding anything back – unless it's with chains

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Pinhead glowers in the shadows
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival reveals October release date in age-restricted new trailer

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Saber Interactive is letting it all hang out

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Simon Ordell looks at a gadget in his hands in a dark, misty town in key art for Silent Hill Townfall, cropped for a header, with the orange GamesRadar+ Summer Preview 2026 frame
Silent Hill: Townfall would be a better horror game if it had nothing to do with Silent Hill

By Ashley Bardhan Published

Summer Preview Summer Preview | We're really not in Silent Hill anymore

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Key art for SAW: Genesis showing a figure with a head crushed by square pistons, flanked by two characters with smudged faces, with the orange GamesRadar+ Summer Preview 2026 frame
Saw: Genesis is a bloody blend of Dead by Daylight, The Outlast Trials, and nu-metal music video death scenes

By Ashley Bardhan Published

Summer Preview Summer Preview | Saw: Genesis seems prepared to withstand the asymmetrical horror game blight

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The xenomorph attacks, drool glistening as its multiple mouths open, in Alien Isolation 2's prologue, with the orange GamesRadar+ Summer Preview 2026 frame
15 years after the first game made horror history, Alien Isolation 2 unleashes a smarter, meaner Xenomorph

By Ashley Bardhan Published

Summer Preview Summer Preview | After going hands-on, Creative Assembly seems to have done the impossible: improving the apex predator

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A man missing a jaw screams
I am diagnostically rabid for Silent Hill remake studio Bloober's new Saw horror game

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Saw: Genesis is my gift from God

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A close-up of blue eyes
Alien Isolation 2 claustrophobic new trailer promises pure terror 12 years later

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Creative Assembly will have more to share soon

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Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell designer Clint Hocking says "I don't think I could ever do better" than Chaos Theory

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Done and dusted

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GTA 6
"Not every publisher" is running away from GTA 6 and making September a nightmare of game releases

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Hold your ground, indie people

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God of War Laufey
God of War will "always tell stories about Kratos," says Sony Santa Monica creative lead Cory Barlog

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News It's not a departure, it's an expansion

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A masked man holds a baby
Sony likes Phantom Blade Zero so much, it's getting its own show this summer

By Ashley Bardhan last updated

News Pre-orders will soon begin for the game's October 29 launch

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Laufey talks to the cube
God of War Laufey fans can't decide if they want to kill Phranque the gelatinous cube

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News I just want to know if he's blue raspberry flavored

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Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 devs glad it worked out after the scary headlines, but they weren't paying attention

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Unknown Worlds knew what it was doing

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Crimson Desert character holds a torch
Fallout: New Vegas director says it's "fine" Crimson Desert's story has to be patched

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News At least they're trying

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Mina yells while holding an oversized hammer
The best-rated game of 2026 is $20 because the devs "don't want people to wait" for a discount

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Mina the Hollower developer Yacht Club Games knew what it was doing

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Arc Raiders release date reveal trailer screenshot shows two people facing a giant enemy.
Arc Raiders PvE mode coming to the Chinese version, and global players want it too

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Lucky!

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Riot's anti-cheat "does not in any way brick PCs," though Valorant cheaters say otherwise

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News You might want to consider not cheating

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Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 sells 4.9 million copies despite Xbox Game Pass "cannibalizing" revenue

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Impressive… for an XBOX

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Final Fantasy 14's Tataru staring menacingly at the screen
Square Enix knows live service, but it's "failed to bring its IP to a new generation"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Jacob Navok worries about Square Enix's financial future

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Dying Light
Ex-Dying Light lead says devs have an "obligation" to listen to player feedback even if it's "wrong"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News That's generous

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Maria holds James' face in Silent Hill 2
Legendary Silent Hill artist clarifies Bubble Head nurse origins, yet some fans don't believe him

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Life is a mystery…

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A red car soars above a lush green forest towards Mt Fuji in Forza Horizon 6, the speed blurring the view
Forza Horizon 6 is a "perfect game" in "a struggling industry," Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Michael Douse is impressed

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Yoshi and the Mysterious Boook screenshot of Yoshi smiling with eyes closed
"Unless you're Nintendo," developers should never price games over $70, expert says

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Sounds right to me

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag
Ubisoft says expect more Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and "a return to higher quality standards"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News We love higher quality standards!

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