Ashley Bardhan, Author at Kotaku

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It Could Take 130 Hours To Really Start Starfield, Bethesda Exec Says

Pete Hines says he needed to get past the main quest before Starfield ‘really [got] going’

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 25, 2023

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s First Big Patch Covers ‘Over 1000’ Problems

Larian Studios made huge fixes for its RPG’s story, balance, and more

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 25, 2023

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Logan Paul Promised To Repay Crypto Victims $1.3 Million, Tracker Shows It’s Not Happening

Paul’s NFT game earned him a class-action lawsuit, but he’s not repenting

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 24, 2023

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Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Will Have A 5-Hour-Long Director’s Cut

You liked Zack Snyder’s Justice League ; get ready for Zack Snyder’s knock-off Star Wars

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 24, 2023

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Fort Solis: The Kotaku Review

Impressive acting from cast members like Troy Baker can’t fix this walking sim’s sci-fi slog

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 23, 2023

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Half-Life 2 Will Soon Have Ray-Tracing

Nvidia announced modders’ community effort to remaster Valve’s first-person shooter

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 22, 2023

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Cursed Netflix Dating Show Getting Cursed Dating Sim

You can download Love Is Blind ahead of the show’s season five release in September

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 22, 2023

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Immortals Of Aveum Runs Poorly On Even The Best PC

Electronic Arts’ new fantasy-themed first-person shooter launched with some performance issues

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 22, 2023

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Lollipop Chainsaw Re-review: Grindhouse For The Girls

Suda51 and James Gunn’s hack-and-slash trash from 2012 is a 2023 treasure

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 21, 2023

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game Isn’t Scary, Unfortunately

Gun’s asymmetrical survival horror assumes Friday the 13th ’s mantle with middling results

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 18, 2023

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R.I.P. My Tamagotchi

My 2017-era virtual pet is gone too soon—here is his in memoriam

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 18, 2023

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Editions Are Reselling For Nearly $2,000

Fans of Larian Studios’ role-playing game are no match for eBay salespeople

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 17, 2023

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Madden NFL 24 Comes With A Kansas City Easter Egg

EA is making quarterback Patrick Mahomes as realistic as ever in its sports sim

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 17, 2023

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Xbox 360 Store Shutting Down For Good In 2024

Soon, you won’t be able to stream from the Microsoft Movies and TV app on your console, either, Microsoft says

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 17, 2023

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Horror Game Of The Summer Is Day One On Game Pass

Xbox’s subscription service closes out August with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and more

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 15, 2023

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Modern Warfare III Reverses One Of Call Of Duty’s Most Controversial Changes

Call of Duty ’s red dot minimap appears to be back after its MWII hiatus

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 15, 2023

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Starfield Predicts We’ll Get To Mars In 27 Years

Bethesda’s sci-fi role-playing game has an Elon Musk-type vision of the future

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 14, 2023

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Overwatch 2 Is Steam’s Worst-Rated Game, But It’s Complicated

Chinese fans of Blizzard’s first-person shooter are particularly unhappy, and it could be related to the NetEase debacle

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 14, 2023

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All Game Sales Should Be Announced Like This

PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya channeled his inner infomercial for Sol Cresta

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 11, 2023

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Overwatch 2 Steam Reviews Are Predictably Brutal, Say Porn Is The Best Part

Blizzard’s first-person shooter is having a tragic Steam launch

By Ashley Bardhan Published August 11, 2023