Ashley Bardhan
Ashley is a Senior Writer at 12DOVE. 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
The Witcher 4 has "completely new regions" and monsters, including one the game director calls a "tricky, tricky bastard" that "plays with your own fears"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Leave us alone, Bauk!
2025 kicks off with another live service death as Friday the 13th: The Game fans sadly twerk on its grave
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't cry because it's over, smile because Jason has an ax
Minecraft experts dedicate 3 years to building Breath of the Wild's entire open-world map out of blocks: "I put everything else aside"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Blood, sweat, and blocks
Silent Hill 2 Remake's reinvention of its most underrated character means so much more in 2024
By Ashley Bardhan published
Year in Review Year in Review | Angela is better than she's ever been
Hideo Kojima offers another Death Stranding 2 update and a demonstration of his unique PS5 controller technique: "Building the game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cool controller, Kojima
Palworld drops a massive update that further distances the survival game from Pokemon following the Nintendo lawsuit, and fans couldn't be more proud: "Justice for Palworld"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Nintendo is going to be fuming"
The Witcher 4 devs say romance will "absolutely" be a part of the RPG, it just has to be "super compelling and very meaningful"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's official, Ciri is single and available
Oh thank goodness, the Fortnite rumors are true and Mariah Carey is here as a... 10-foot-tall Christmas goddess from space?
By Ashley Bardhan published
News She's here to save us
Bloober's new sci-fi horror game looks like Silent Hill 2 meets Alien, the retrofuturistic gorefest I've always dreamed of
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cronos: The New Dawn might be the best way to follow up Silent Hill 2
The Witcher 3's Geralt actor spent just an hour delivering the most chilling voice lines for the baddest bonehead in Baldur’s Gate 3: "I was just like, 'yeah, please, yes!'"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Bhaal would be no one without Doug Cockle
Massive Stalker 2 patch starts chipping away at the notoriously glitchy game's worst problems, including over 80 cutscene problems and nearly 2,000 more bugs
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Stalker 2 is getting a makeover
Hideo Kojima originally had "no plans" for a character like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja until Yoji Shinkawa's art had him saying "hell yeah, a ninja cyborg!"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Let us cherish Cyborg Ninja
Final Fantasy 7's original director suggests Cloud should be proud of the JRPG's infamous love triangle: "What a lucky guy"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Having two girlfriends is both a gift and a curse
South of Midnight’s nasty-looking, dinosaur-sized alligator boss already has the potential to become my favorite villain ever
By Ashley Bardhan published
News That's one big alligator
XDefiant just put out an absolutely massive patch featuring 3 new factions and more for a game you can't even download now
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ubisoft's FPS takes its last breath
There are "many very valid worries and responses" to Ciri taking the lead in The Witcher 4, but CDPR says "we're not suddenly making up stuff just because we want to"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Ciri will go where the lore takes her
Civilization 7 fans jealous of old man with wonderful flexibility beg the strategy game's developer to make him stop dancing
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Prospector hit the Griddy
Secret Level will keep adapting games like Armored Core and Pac-Man as Amazon's Prime Video renews for season 2
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Secret Level is coming back for more
Fallout co-creator has made so many cult favorite RPGs, but he's not turning any of them into franchises for one very good reason: "The problem is the cult part"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Just play Fallout 2 and be grateful
Helldivers 2 players celebrate victory after scaring new Illuminate invaders out of the galaxy, only for the creepy squid aliens to come running back
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Don't lay down your arms just yet
The Witcher 4 director on lessons learned from the "struggles" of Cyberpunk 2077's release: "It's a continuation of the evolution, improvement, and transformation"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News CD Projekt Red is taking a new approach
Caves of Qud co-creator's tip to tackle this sci-roguelike epic is also my tip for learning RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3: beef up and get a big ol' sword
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You'll feel safer when you're swole
The Witcher 4 will bring back diehard fans' most favorite minigame since CD Projekt Red loves it too: "I don't think anyone will be disappointed"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Prepare to get Gwent-ed
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