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

Alice stands in front of flames
EA asked ex-Doom dev to make new game "'sexy,'" so he put "dildos onto the head of a giant snail"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "Don't try to Google it"

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Alice stands next to the Cheshire cat wearing a bloodstained apron
Quake 2 dev felt "breathless" when he saw how Valve was using id Software's engine

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News All roads lead to Alice

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Xbox Gamescom 2023 logo featuring a stylized city skyline in green
Microsoft goes back to Xbox and ditches Microsoft Gaming as leaders admit "players are frustrated"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Here comes the re-rebrand

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced star says "this ship has had more leaks than a worn-out hull"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Matt Ryan is self-aware

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Kliff fighting a Black Bear warrior in Crimson Desert
Crimson Desert players keep losing boss fights to a haunted book that forces you to read it

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News B-book?!

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Fallout 1 power armor helmet
Fallout co-creator says too many gamers "like hating things," which "doesn't lead to a better game"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Be polite to Tim Cain

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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 5 rumored setting New Orleans was originally discussed at New Vegas studio Obsidian

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Fallout New Orleans rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

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Final Fantasy 14
Square Enix slaps Final Fantasy 14 content creator with lawsuit over alleged harassment

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News It's nice to be nice

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Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass gets "grim prognosis" from ex-Sony CEO, new Xbox head tells him they should "chat"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Everything OK over there?

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The Great Khans in Fallout season 2
Fallout 2 and New Vegas designer still hates the series' Amazon TV show

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Tough crowd

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A Redguard sailor has a shocked expression
Redguard fans discover the 28-year-old game has a special way of protecting women from creeps

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Redguard comes with guardrails!

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Ubisoft team reportedly freed from support studio prison and allowed to pitch its own games again

By Ashley Bardhan Last updated

News The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team is back, maybe

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Pickmon
Pokemon and Palworld clone Pickmos removed from Steam: "We are revising the game"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Good luck with that

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Fallout 4
Todd Howard isn't a master of design or programming, "but there is nobody" better at combining them

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Thanks, I think?

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thor looking into the camera with a steely stare
Marvel Rivals will become a "'moving anime' experience" by 2027, says creative director

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Whatever that means!

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Temtem: Pioneers characters pose with their feet in a pond
Pokemon-like MMO Temtem instead channels Palworld with Temtem: Pioneers

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Temtem: Pioneers' Kickstarter campaign is now live

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Fortnite
Xbox co-creator says "it's just not true" gaming is on the decline despite layoff apocalypse

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Ed Fries says it's a "pendulum"

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EXit 8
Horror indie game movie adaptations only work when directors understand what made them viral

By Ashley Bardhan Published

Opinion Opinion | Indie horror games are having their movie moment, and I hope it lasts

Opinion
The Ashen OZ protagonist holds a frayed umbrella next to a gnarled tree
I can be a roguelike hater, but I slammed the Steam wishlist button on this dark dollhouse world

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News The Ashen of Oz could approach a level of perfection I worried wasn't possible

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Crimson Desert female protagonist mod shows a woman looking down
Crimson Desert has everything except a female protagonist, so modders added one

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Welcome to Pywel, Jane Desert

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Kliff resting by a stream in a forest in Crimson Desert
Crimson Desert players are literally running out of enemies to fight

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News How much game does an endgame need?

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Guilty Gear Strive Giovanna
AAA developers are getting forced into "dangerous" siloes, says Guilty Gear creator

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Add it to the pile of problems

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Elden Ring
4 years later, new Elden Ring cutscene uncovered with massive lore implications

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Miquella's Haligtree is a gift

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Wolverine frowns
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is "better than the movie," says dev, but "it was harrowing" to make

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "Trying to build a house on shifting sands"

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A black and blue image shows a stylized version of Tokyo's Shibuya crossing
Japanese company says it sent half of a game's $345,000 crowdfunding campaign to the wrong people

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Jiro Ishii and Skeleton Crew Studio are now owed more than $170 thousand

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