Ashley Bardhan

A new month is nearly here, as well as a new year, and that means updates to the PlayStation Plus catalog. January kicks off 2024 with three new games available for Premium, Extra, and Essential members to download starting on January 2, as…

Screenshot: Kira LLC / KotakuPlay it on: Windows (Steam Deck OK)Current goal: Stop wasting all my silver on heal potionsIt’s beautiful when folks who grew up loving video games start making their own, spinning out fresh, oft-strange takes…

Play it on: Windows (Steam Deck OK)Current goal: Peace out or soldier onEver know a piece of art is good, possibly even great, but it’s really not for you? It sucks, because you see how excited its advocates are, how deeply it moved them,…

Screenshot: Warner Bros. / KotakuPlay it on: PS5, PS4, PS3,Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows (Steam Deck OK), macOS, LinuxCurrent goal: Regenerate brain cellsBuy it from: Amazon | GameStopI might be playing its Game of the Year…

I started regularly playing competitive online games in 2007, with the launch of Halo 3. Back then, participating in in-game voice chat was harrowing for a 17-year-old girl whose voice betrayed her gender and her youth. I was subjected to…

The first Final Fantasy came out in 1987. Ever since, each new game in the beloved role-playing series has pushed it to grow, change, and often subvert fans’ expectations of what it can be. Final Fantasy XVI might be the biggest test yet,…

Image: Marvel / Disney / Netflix / LucasfilmTen years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of…

EA Star Wars2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was an excellent, if occasionally awkward, fusing of design sensibilities lifted from games ranging from Uncharted to Dark Souls, all wrapped up in a compelling, distinctly Star Wars-y story…

While some of Capcom’s newly released Resident Evil 4 remake is different than it was in 2005, including core and not-so-core (sorry, perverts!) gameplay mechanics, the horror game is still prepared to kick your ass. Grand Theft Auto 6…

Image: Rockstar / Dall-E mini / KotakuWe gotta keep the dream alive! Also, I’m a sucker for those first two Bourne films—the latter ones lost the thread and, good lord, don’t ever read those fucking books…I’ll never get that time back—which…