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 Sims 4 unveils its first batch of influencer-created DLC, and it’s better than anyone could have expected
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Sims will start releasing Creator Kits in November

“Characters are sometimes depicted topless for prolonged periods of time”: Dragon Age The Veilguard’s ESRB rating deserves its own ESRB rating
By Ashley Bardhan published
News BioWare knows what it's doing

Palworld gets a taste of its own medicine in new mobile "pal-like" blatantly inspired by Pocketpair's survival game
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Pokemon's evolutionary line expands again

The biggest city-builder at Steam Next Fest is a Lovecraftian nightmare that might be the scariest colony sim ever
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Worshippers of Cthulhu is one-of-a-kind scary

After reports that an Xbox exec said "nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie," he's correcting the record: "I absolutely know how much Banjo-Kazooie means to our fans"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The 26-year-old platformer franchise matters

After backlash and a Steam review bomb, Tekken 8 dev gives out $5 to cover controversial DLC and says it will do things differently next time
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Thanks, Bandai Namco

Riding high on the Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team reveals an original survival horror IP that looks like a fun sci-fi nightmare
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Cronos: The New Dawn will be out in 2025

As Astarion, Karlach, and Shadowheart get Funko Pops, actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's least-popular companion asks "No hot green girlfriend?"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Poor, innocent Lae’zel

Pokemon finally revives an ultra-rare Shiny that's gone virtually unseen for 14 years, but only the most dedicated Scarlet and Violet players can get it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Shiny Meloetta is free from purgatory

A battle royale hero shooter MOBA from ex-League of Legends devs is smashing the Steam Next Fest charts
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Supervive is making it big

"You're all making fun of it and yet you buy it": Skyrim and Oblivion vet on Bethesda's horse armor, and how the dev "didn’t know what the hell it was doing at the time"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News He has a point

Baldur's Gate 3 dev tempts fate and taunts players as the RPG's latest patch fixes yet another easy-gold trade exploit: "Any more of these up your sleeves?"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sorry about that

Microsoft yoinks $1 Xbox Game Pass trial ahead of new Call of Duty, just like it did before Starfield came out
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Interesting timing, Microsoft

Horror game devs team up to create the most ridiculous spiritual successor to PS1 Harry Potter games, and Steam Next Fest players are loving it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Welcome to the world of Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate

RuneScape dev reveals Unreal Engine 5 survival game set in the MMO’s universe, accidentally blocks players from signing up due to Steam shenanigans
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The sign-up Steam ID issue has been fixed

Former Nintendo employees say the photo of Mario teasing the Switch was "very controversial" in the company: "It got memed into oblivion, and people were kind of upset"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News At least the controversy couldn't kill Mario's smile

25-year-old FPS Delta Force is back with an extraction shooter revival that's already tearing up the Steam Next Fest charts
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's spooky good

Tekken boss says iconic ruffian Heihachi has so many "illegitimate children" he has trouble remembering them
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Heihachi, you dog

Microsoft asks devs using "competitor's products" why they aren't making games for Xbox: "You probably have a great perspective we could learn from"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News PlayStation and Nintendo, watch out

The famous Blizzard graveyard of canceled games includes a sci-fi Diablo and a Warcraft take on Helldivers
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The Overwatch developer has a ton of skeletons in the closet

After 20 years stuck in Japan on the GBA, Nintendo revives legendary F-Zero game and adds it to Switch Online
By Ashley Bardhan published
News F-Zero Climax is now easier to play than ever

Final Fantasy 16 went all-in on action, so modders are defying Square Enix by cranking up the RPG elements the series is known for
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's as cool as you think

Moo Deng is welcome everywhere, especially Helldivers 2: "Protection Order for pygmy hippos implemented" by the one and only General Brasch
By Ashley Bardhan published
News The tiny hippo is safe in the Galactic War
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