Ethan Gach

I'm a senior reporter who's been writing about games and internet culture at Kotaku for almost 10 years. I cover everything from company earnings and player boycotts to emerging trends in gaming like AI, creator economies, and the changing console landscape. You can share story and news tips securely and anonymously at [email protected] or over Signal at +12673263042.

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OpinionCommentary

It Turns Out The Nintendo Switch’s Fall Lineup Actually Looks Pretty Strong

This season’s Switch offerings are at least going toe-to-toe with those for Xbox and PlayStation

By Ethan Gach Published September 30, 2021
CultureNews

Report: Games In The Works For 4K Nintendo Console That Doesn’t Officially Exist [Update]

Developers at Zynga and 10 other companies are apparently working on 4K versions of Switch games

By Ethan Gach Published September 29, 2021
CultureNews

Watch Out Twitch, Porn Site Chaturbate Now Lets Models Stream Video Games

The live cam site is expanding into Twitch-like video game streaming

By Ethan Gach Published September 29, 2021
CultureOdds and Ends

Look At All The Ways You Can Kill People In Deathloop

Rockets, teleportation, cereal boxes--Arkane’s shooter lets players get creative with killing

By Ethan Gach Published September 28, 2021
CulturePokemon

New Nintendo Switch Pokémon Will Have Bits That Look Kinda Like A Game Boy

The Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes sport a retro Pokétch

By Ethan Gach Published September 28, 2021

CultureNews

The Real Guy From The Big Short Gets Subpoenaed About GameStop

SEC contacts Michael Burry of Big Short fame about meme stocks

By Ethan Gach Published September 27, 2021
CultureNews

Overwatch 2 Debuts At Tourney, Seemingly Missing Jeff Kaplan Nod

Pros take Bastion and Sombra reworks for a spin at OWL finals

By Ethan Gach Published September 27, 2021
CultureSplitscreen

What Deathloop Gets Right And Wrong About Time Loops

Arkane Studios' shooter takes a new stab at an old trope

By Ethan Gach Published September 24, 2021
CultureNews

Smash Bros. Reveals Last Fighter In Dedicated October Nintendo Direct

The Nintendo Switch crossover fighter’s roster is almost complete

By Ethan Gach Published September 23, 2021
CultureNews

Disco Elysium‘s Out On Switch Soon, So Now You’ve Got No Excuse

It won't be long before you can take ZA/UM's detective RPG on the go

By Ethan Gach Published September 23, 2021

CultureNews

Diablo 2 Dev Explains Why The Loot System Wasn’t Updated At Launch

A personal loot system would open up a whole other bucket of worms

By Ethan Gach Published September 23, 2021
Report

What We’ve Heard About A Quantic Dream Star Wars Game

Sources say the Heavy Rain studio's next game could be more action-focused

By Ethan Gach Published September 20, 2021
CultureNews

There’s A New (And Free) Digital Pokémon Card Game Coming

Pokémon TCG Live is a long-overdue revamp of the card game for mobile and PC

By Ethan Gach Published September 20, 2021
CultureKotaku Game Diary

Deathloop’s Villain Group Chat Is A Perfect Mess

Arkane’s characters are at their best when instant-messaging

By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2021
CultureFeature

Seven Years With Destiny

A thousand hours later, I still can't escape the pull of Bungie's loot shooter

By Ethan Gach Published September 15, 2021

CultureNews

Workers Accuse Activision Blizzard Of Union Busting

The ABetterABK employee group has filed a complaint with the NLRB

By Ethan Gach Published September 14, 2021
CultureNews

The PS5 Is Getting A Major Update

3D Audio speaker support, SSD storage expansions, and more, arrives tomorrow

By Ethan Gach Published September 14, 2021
CultureNews

Destiny 2‘s Most Bugged Gun Strikes Again

Bungie has disabled Telesto once again following reports of a new Trials of Osiris exploit

By Ethan Gach Published September 12, 2021
Tips & Guides

The Bloodborne of Samurai Games, Nioh, Is Free On PC

Make time for Team Ninja's hack-and-slash game this weekend

By Ethan Gach Published September 10, 2021
OpinionCommentary

Sony Brought Its PlayStation A-Game Today

Today's PS5 showcase stood above other summer events

By Ethan Gach Published September 9, 2021

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