Ethan Gach, Author at Kotaku

CultureNews

Rockstar HR Questioned Over Discord ‘Mole’ And Sudden Timing Of GTA 6 Dev Firings In Latest Labor Tribunal Hearing

A junior Rockstar employee was leaking trade union activity to management

By Ethan Gach Published October 9, 2026

CultureNews

Gears Of War: E-Day Estimated To Have Sold Just 230,000 Copies Despite Rave Reviews

But the Game Pass math is more complicated than you might think

By Ethan Gach Published October 9, 2026

CultureNews

Crimson Desert Exec Explains The Gulf Between The Mid Review Scores And The 6 Million Sales

Launch-day patches were part of the problem

By Ethan Gach Published October 9, 2026

CultureYouTube

YouTuber Gets Banned For Hellraiser: Revival Censored Gameplay Video That Still Violated ‘Sex And Nudity Policy’

This is why the Cenobites could never be content creators

By Ethan Gach Published October 9, 2026

CultureNews

Street Fighter 6 Producer Knew Capcom Had To Do Something To Save The Series: ‘If We Left It As It Was, The IP Would Likely Die In 10 Years’

Things weren't going great after Street Fighter 5

By Ethan Gach Published October 9, 2026

CultureNews

Rainbow Six Siege Mobile Already Has A Shutdown Date Just 7 Months Into Its Full Release

Ubisoft's live service games continue to flop

By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2026

Wolverine pulls out his claws surrounded by fire.

CultureNewsIndustry News

Physical Sales Of Wolverine Estimated To Be Surprisingly High For A Company That’s About To Ditch Discs

What would it take for Sony to walk the controversial move back?

By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2026

Entertainment

Anne Hathaway And The Rest Of Digger Nation Rises Up As The Movie Reportedly Prepares To Lose $250 Million

My feed is full of people watching the movie in empty theaters

By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2026

CultureNewsPatch Notes

The Witcher 3 Remastered Gets Notable Improvements And A Much-Requested Feature On PS5 And Xbox

Dozens of fresh fixes have arrived for the newest version of the open-world RPG

By Ethan Gach Published October 8, 2026

Tips & Guides

9 Of The Best RPGs on Switch 2 Are Currently On Sale

Some of them are Amazon Prime deals, and won't last long

By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2026

Tips & Guides

The Best-Selling Game Of 2025 Storms Onto Game Pass One Year Later

Battlefield 6 joins the subscription service this month, but so do a bunch of neat-looking indies

By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2026

CultureNews

Star Wars Zero Company Studio Tries To Bring Back As Many Furloughed Devs ‘As Possible’ Following ‘Unexpected Business Developments Outside Of Our Control’

Bit Reactor says it will have more to share on the XCOM-like strategy game's future 'soon'

By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2026

Entertainment

The Critics Got This One Dead Wrong: Tom Cruise’s Digger Is 100 Percent ‘Certified Fresh’

Give Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest absurdist meditation on global warming all of the Oscars

By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2026

OpinionCommentary

He’s Back

Bobby Kotick has been named to the board of the post-mega-merger Skydance Corp.

By Ethan Gach Published October 7, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Let’s All Hear It For the Skydance Nepo Baby

David Ellison's old Hollywood takeover is complete

By Ethan Gach Published October 6, 2026

CultureNews

Xbox’s CEO Says The Brutal Reset Is Already Working: ‘After An All-Time Low, We’ve Started To Return To Growth’

Asha Sharma reportedly pointed to green shoots during a company townhall

By Ethan Gach Published October 6, 2026

CultureNews

State Of Decay 3 Studio Head Talks About Leaving Xbox And How The Calculus Has Shifted From Creating A Tentpole First-Party IP To Ensuring Survival

Undead Labs is aiming for a PC beta before the end of 2026

By Ethan Gach Published October 6, 2026

CultureTechHardware

It’s A Miracle That Gears Of War: E-Day Looks As Good As It Does On Xbox Series S And A Clever SSD Hack Made It All Possible

The Coalition had to implement some tricks to get around the weaker hardware's limitations

By Ethan Gach Published October 6, 2026

CultureNews

Supermassive Lays Off 70 People Less Than Six Months After Releasing Its New Sci-Fi Horror Game

Directive 8020 was met with mixed reviews on Steam

By Ethan Gach Published October 5, 2026

CultureNews

Zelda and Banjo Recompiled Devs Go To War With AI Vibe-Coded ‘Slopcomps’

AI-assisted projects provoking stark criticism

By Ethan Gach Published October 5, 2026