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
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
Monster Hunter Wilds director casually reveals that you can bait a giant lightning wyvern to help you "round up whole herds" of weaker monsters
By Ashley Bardhan published
News You will become the dragon master
A manga legend's forgotten series got translated into English for the first time in 26 years, and it's everything I love about paranormal romance
By Ashley Bardhan published
Opinion Last Quarter by Ai Yazawa is finally getting an English release
Hi-Fi Rush 2 was already 6 months into development when Xbox shut down Tango Gameworks
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Why, Xbox, why?
YouTuber figures out how to run Valve’s Deadlock on PS4, and it’s completely worthless: “I’m scared to even move the mouse”
By Ashley Bardhan published
News I hope you like low resolution
“At least your load times are great”: Dragon Age The Veilguard director showed the game to EA’s CEO only to immediately “get walloped right off the edge and down into a pit and die”
By Ashley Bardhan published
news Happens to the best of us
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