
Ashley Bardhan
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

Years before Fable, Peter Molyneux finished making proto-city builder Populous in 12 hours because he "forgot" to do it sooner: "There was no end of the game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News And the rest was history

"I can't shake the feeling that…": Hades 2 fan gifted with the most holy of Boons somehow predicts major plot twist a year before its reveal
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Thank the gods

The best Silent Hill movie is the underrated '90s horror that originally inspired the games, and it's now back in theaters with a terrifying new restoration
By Ashley Bardhan published
Big Screen Spotlight Big Screen Spotlight | Jacob's Ladder is even more Silent Hill than Silent Hill

Xbox has a problematic "lack of memory," but Final Fantasy 7 Remake director says Square Enix's "multiplatform approach" doesn't hurt Part 3 development "whatsoever"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Xbox catching strays right after taking a bazooka blast to the chest

66-year-old Fable lead Peter Molyneux doesn't sound happy about it, but upcoming god game Masters of Albion might be his last ever: "I just haven't got the life energy left to do this again"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Molyneux tells Edge he's pushing as hard as he can

Resident Evil: Requiem "conveys the romanticism of a delicate girl fighting with a rugged revolver," director says, but its RE2-style boss battles prioritize subtlety over "gun shooting action"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Keep your rugged revolver to yourself

BioShock director Ken Levine isn't as worried while working on upcoming FPS Judas, but he used to find it "really depressing" to decide if he should stick to one style like Hideo Kojima: "Games are so hard to make"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "What exactly is a BioShock game?"

GTA and Spider-Man are big shoes to fill, but Ananta producer decides to raise expectations even higher with Marvel Avengers comparisons: "They are the protagonists of their own stories"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ananta, assemble!

"This is a crime against gaming": Rock Band 4 celebrates a bitter 10-year anniversary as its delisting begins on PlayStation and Xbox stores along with all DLC
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Long live the rhythm game king

Diablo co-creator and Blizzard co-founder says it's a "brutal" time for AAA games, and it's "really stressful to do anything" with Diablo 4 out of fear of players with big expectations
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "It's very different than it was 20 years ago"

Bloober working on Silent Hill remake and an unnamed project, and after Silent Hill 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn, new fans can't wait: "Day 1"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What do you say, one more trip to Silent Hill?

Capcom says Resident Evil: Requiem is "almost an upgrade" of Resident Evil 2 horror but the devs honestly aren't sure what's scary anymore: "We've made so many of these that we can't tell"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News What do you do when the Residents are 2 Evil?

World's most popular horny RPG with over 50 million downloads gives up on decorum in "divine" update that's probably illegal somewhere: "WAITT WHATT??? FROM BEHINDD?"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Love and Deepspace is demonstrating its understanding of love and deep space

Borderlands 4 mercifully ditches most of Borderlands 3 potty humor, but Gearbox gives itself a treat and references Dark Souls meme from Twitter in hidden sidequest
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Very cool

PlayStation celebrates 30 years with $325 deluxe photo book that Sony says is "sure to become a coveted collectors item" instead of answering fans' prayers for more retro games
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Uh, that's cool

Imagine Hades and Vampire Survivors had a beautifully twisted baby, and you get the latest ambitious game from one of the best horror studios you've never heard of
By Ashley Bardhan published
Feature Feature | AstralShift horror is mythologically scary, with a lot of mythologically beautiful dresses

Helldivers 2 won't get bigger lobbies because 16 players would come with a side of "16 FPS," Arrowhead CEO says: "We're trying to fix performance. Not kill it"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sorry about that

"This full remake gave us the perfect opportunity": One of the scariest Japanese horror games is back after 20 years, and its director is just glad technology now lets you hold hands with your sister
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The power of technology!

GTA 5 Michael actor says his challenge for GTA 6, "it might even be a mission," will be to "try to find a small ass," because "all the asses I've seen in that game so far are huge"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ass equality

Working with Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone was "truly an honor," says Infinity Nikki dev after surprise crossover: "Eric was very thoughtful throughout the process"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cozy overload!

Even after 20 years of annual releases, Call of Duty devs would "all be dead lying if we said we weren't worried" about releasing 2 Black Ops games in a row
By Ashley Bardhan published
News That's a lot of Black Ops

The most unhinged anime character creator of all time is back with even more eyebrows, color gradients, and hair layers in Code Vein 2
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Down to the last detail"

Payday 2 dev adds DLC subscription to its 12-year-old game as a "cost effective alternative" after price hike, admits "we messed up" as players torch its Steam reviews
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's not looking like a payday… for Payday
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