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

A woman sits at a bar in an Arc Raiders trailer
Arc Raiders devs "still learning" what to do with PvP

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News PvP v PvE

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Resident Evil Requiem gameplay reveal
Resident Evil Requiem singing zombie actor is suddenly in the running for fan-favorite

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Isabella Inchbald didn't know fans would love Selena Corey, but she's glad they do

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Crimson Desert screenshot shows Kliff looking out over a vast landscape.
Crimson Desert player finds out-of-bounds village that looks like medieval Red Dead Redemption 2

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News It already has items and everything

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Elder Scrolls Online
ESO vet hates when people think the MMO is a "WoW clone" since "you're not going to have fun at all"

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News MMORPGs will be MMORPGs

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Stick figures close their eyes and embrace
Facing Chinese censorship, RPG shows users its most depraved content through stick figure drawings

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But can you truly censor matters of the heart?

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Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred demon in lava
Diablo 4 streamer pulverizes new Lord of Hatred expansion's difficulty tier in 17 hours, complains

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "It just didn't take that long"

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Alice Liddell is reflected in a shattered green eye
One of EA's best games exists partly because Jurassic Park's Michael Crichton told the dev to do it

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News Thanks, Michael Crichton

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Diablo 4 character screams in front of gray sky
Diablo 4 needs "aspirational content," says director, but don't discredit casual gameplay

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News The ARPG has a balance to maintain

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Monoco readies for battle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor was "nervous" for Metacritic score after appearing in Gollum game

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News But Rich Keeble really didn't need to worry

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Drakengard 3 character holds up her palm while frowning
Nier master Yoko Taro became a director because he wouldn't stop yapping

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "So, anyway, I became a director"

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Phil Hayton holding Steam Deck OLED with mascot face on screen with thrown.
Steam Deck 2 still in the works, Valve says, but Steam Machine and Steam Controller come first

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News I'm ready when you are

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 lead promises "meaningful changes" after "painful to read" criticism of Arrowhead

By Ashley Bardhan Published

News "Thank you to everyone who participated constructively, especially when you were angry"

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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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