Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan is a critic from New York who covers gaming, culture, and other things people like. She previously wrote Inverse’s award-winning Inverse Daily newsletter. Then, as a Kotaku staff writer and Destructoid columnist, she covered horror and women in video games. Her arts writing has appeared in a myriad of other publications, including Pitchfork, Gawker, and Vulture.
Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
As Xbox shutters studios like Tango, Silent Hill creator says FromSoftware might have the "key to life" in the industry: "Not changing everything every time"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Games like Elden Ring demonstrate that well
The last Splatoon player has somehow made it to two months on the shooter’s dead servers, even as Nintendo starts removing features from the sequel
By Ashley Bardhan published
News They're not going anywhere
Tiny Glade, the biggest game ahead of Steam Next Fest, now has a Manor Lords-style exploration mode
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The castle creator has a free demo out now
Everyone wanted this popular tactical RPG to have a dating system, but its developer sadly admits that “my team members have no experience with it, even in real life”
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children is a great XCOM imitator anyway
Original GoldenEye and Perfect Dark composer “would’ve loved” to work on the reboot, but the studio “chose someone else”
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics are revisiting Perfect Dark after nearly 20 years
Helldivers 2 dev teases a massive patch with over 100 changes and fixes, including Super Samples for level 6 missions and visible supply lines
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The co-op third person shooter is only getting better
Hideo Kojima says he’s been thinking about monkey action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong since it was revealed 4 years ago: “Finally, its release has been confirmed”
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Black Myth: Wukong will release on PC and PS5 this year
Blumhouse Games' debut project Fear the Spotlight seems like it could be the unpredictable survival horror/cozy game mash-up of my dreams
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The 90s inspired narrative game will land on all platforms later this year
This hardcore mountain climbing sim from the studio behind hidden gem Furi looks like it’ll take survival games to new heights
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Indie studio The Game Bakers plan to release Cairn in 2025
Destiny 2 The Final Shape randomly makes raids and dungeons way harder, but disables controversial Surge modifiers for the Salvation's Edge raid race
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Salvation's Edge raid is now live, without Surges
Lethal Company dev celebrates his game being added to Fortnite by wiping out an entire squad of his characters
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Epic Games' multiplayer title just got a Lethal Company skin and emote
One fan figured out how to port Fallout 1 to Nintendo 3DS, and it’s a lot easier than you think
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Interplay's 1997 role-playing game works surprisingly well on 3DS
Rocksteady is reportedly looking to recover from its Suicide Squad ordeal with a return to its roots: a new single-player game
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Rocksteady is fighting its way out of development hell
Virtual pet expert cracks a 27-year-old Tamagotchi mystery to unlock secret characters in 3 weeks
By Ashley Bardhan published
News A Discord user has obtained the elusive Moll and Lora after decades of confusion
Legally distinct Bloodborne-themed kart racer proves the PS1 era never ended - the low-poly fan game with 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews just reached 130,000 downloads
By Ashley Bardhan published
news Nightmare Kart is free to play on Steam and Itch.io
The Fallout TV show finally corrects my big game frustration: giving romance the focus it deserves
By Ashley Bardhan published
opinion Opinion | The Fallout TV show finally gives romanceable male characters the nuance they deserve
Swen Vincke accepts The Game Awards GOTY for Baldur's Gate 3 in plate armor: "I didn't expect it"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Larian Studios founder looked positively regal
Fallout 4 master builder pushes settlement system to its natural limit by spending 100 days making an actual vault
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Doomsday never looked this good
Skull and Bones gets a new release date – yes, again, for real this time, surely
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's coming out early next year, allegedly
Hideo Kojima and director Jordan Peele announce new horror game for Xbox: it's "unlike any other game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News OD will star Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer
Persona creators reveal new gameplay and release window for fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You can expect the game some time in fall 2024
The first trailer for Supermassive's single-player Dead by Daylight reveals its brand new killer and survivors
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Casting of Frank Stone made a spooky debut at The Game Awards
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.1 continues the work Phantom Liberty did to bring Night City to life
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Say hello to a more romantic V and more immersive RPG
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