Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
"It's terrifying": CEO behind ex-Helldivers, WoW devs' new studio says it's a "silly," "ridiculous" time to create a new studio, but someone needs to stop "ignoring 52% of the world population"
news Blue Scarab Entertainment is doing something different with Equinox: Homecoming
22 years on, the designer behind Silent Hill 3's "cute but scary" Robbie the Rabbit mascot is still obsessed with the "tiny but grotesque" – and so am I
Interview Interview | I can't imagine Silent Hill without Usagi Tanaka's Robbie the Rabbit
REPO's "most powerful weapon" yet is a cannon that turns the cart into a tank, and this thing's friendly fire is absolutely going to destroy relationships
News The Cart Cannon seems terrifying
"The game has been thoroughly massacred": Infinity Nikki manages a reverse No Man's Sky, destroying a good game with a single update that might be the biggest mess of 2025 so far
News Infinity Nikki players are prepared to boycott – I mean, #girlcott
Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"
News I guess that's one way to look at it!
GTA 6 fans think a blurry screenshot proves the game will be the first in the series to feature children: "That's gotta be a kid FR"
News Is it, though?
Saints Row 2 "glitch" that sets your entire body on fire is actually an intentional human torch mechanic that was removed from the game
News It was a good idea, Volition
6 years before Batman: Arkham, Saints Row developer Volition kept working on a stealth Batman game even after its original idea got scrapped for being worse than GTA 3
News Volition's Batman was the blueprint
A zillion years before Hogwarts Legacy, pre-Saints Row Volition was making a Baldur's Gate-style Harry Potter RPG and "it's never been seen by the public before"
news "When Volition and THQ pitched this game, at least some of the THQ executives came dressed in robes and had owls with them"
Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition announced – it's out next week, promising visual "overhaul," expanded mod support, and a free upgrade for some
News Embrace the god rays
The First Descendant devs reveal Nier: Automata collab and hoverbike at PAX East as live audience politely claps for anime butt
News Yep, looks good!
The unauthorized Pokemon musical titled "Balls: The Monster Catchin' Musical" made me question everything about life and Nintendo copyright
Features Opinion | Why did there have to be a "splash zone"?
Amid Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's turn-based hype, Square Enix asks JRPG fans "what's the best combat system" in its catalog and shares "some games with brilliant battles"
News Can I interest anyone in a little Final Fantasy?
"I might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2," says Eric Barone, but "I just don't care about money" and it's "so much easier" to update the original
News Wait, did ConcernedApe just say Stardew Valley 2?
"Stats in Souls don't matter": Ori studio founder and No Rest for the Wicked lead says the "attribute system has to die" in the ARPG inspired by Dark Souls since players don't get it
News "It's just extremely clear that we have to make a pretty drastic change"
GTA 6 map returns to Vice City and explores the riches of the Florida-lite state of Leonida: "Malt liquor, painkillers, and truck stop energy drinks"
News How quaint!
"IS THAT PHIL CASSIDY": New GTA 6 trailer seems to resurrect a fan-favorite GTA 3D loser years after he disappeared from the franchise
News If it is him, I say: congrats on the new arm
After playing Ghost of Yotei "at several stages of its development," former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida swears it's "even better" than Ghost of Tsushima
News Sounds good to me
LocalThunk shouts out "4th person to join the Balatro Discord" as their new deckbuilding tactics game gets rave reviews: "I TOLD YALL THIS GAME WOULD SLAP"
News StarVaders is out now
"It's a big first": Debut horse MMORPG from former World of Warcraft devs' studio is a Twin Peaks murder mystery unlike anything you've ever seen
Features Feature | Equinox: Homecoming releases in Early Access on May 8
"Yesterday was probably one of the worst days of my life": New No Rest for the Wicked update was such a mess, its lead dev and the Ori studio's founder immediately issued a 23-point hotfix
News Hey, man – chill out
Elden Ring Nightreign outfits resurrect our favorite sun knight with their bucket load of Dark Souls references: "SOLAIRE IS BACK"
News Solaire is back, and so are we
Looks like Borderlands 4 heavily relies on the series' lore-bomb Sirens again, but it's sweetening the deal with new Vault Hunter Vex and her big purple cat
news Well, as long as there's a cat
