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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Tips & Guides

PlayStation Plus Gets My Favorite Underrated JRPG Of 2024 This Month

Stop sleeping on Granblue Fantasy: Relink

By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2025
CultureMorning Checkpoint

Amazon’s The Boys Gets A VR Cash-Grab And It Looks Incredible

Also: Rayman 2 on Switch 2 and Romero Games lives on

By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2025
Esports

Mortal Kombat Suffers Fatality, Gets Dropped From The Biggest Fighting Game Tournament Of The Year

Evo 2026 is shaking things up

By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2025
CultureNews

Magic: The Gathering Reveals 38 Marvel Super Hero Cards Including Hulk, Doctor Doom, And Cap

The upcoming Universes Beyond set launches in 2026

By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2025
CultureOdds and Ends

Final Fantasy VII Remake Almost Ruined Cloud’s Sword

The developers were briefly worried it looked too goofy

By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2025

CultureNews

Geoff Keighley Explains Why The Game Awards Is Full Of Trailers

The host talks about a difficult balancing act

By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2025
CultureNews

PlayStation Store Leak Finally Confirms Leon Is In Resident Evil Requiem After Endless Speculation

The series star is back in the latest entry

By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2025
CultureRetro

The Battle Of The Translucent N64s Has Arrived

Analogue responds to the M64 with its own colorful variants

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025
CultureNews

Dildos, Dogs, And Lint: GameStop’s ‘Trade Anything Day’ Ranges From Chaos To Nightmare

The meme stock store stunt led to all sorts of weird donations

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025
CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

Elon Musk Robot Looks Drunk

Also: Hideo Kojima chats about Physint and OD

By Ethan Gach Published December 8, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, And Batman: Arkham Are Going To A Company That Closed Its Only AAA Game Studio

What will Netflix do with Warner Bros. Games?

By Ethan Gach Published December 5, 2025
CultureNews

Fans Think Mario Kart World Might Get A Big Donkey Kong DLC Any Day Now

Some of the clues pointing to Donkey Kong Bananza characters getting added are more convincing than others

By Ethan Gach Published December 5, 2025
Entertainment

Walton Goggins ‘Not Interested’ In Playing Fallout Games: ‘I Won’t. I Won’t. I Won’t’

The Fallout TV star has better things to do

By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2025
CultureNews

It Took 19 Years But We’re Finally Getting Total War: Medieval 3

The sequel will be the first to come to consoels

By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2025
CultureMorning Checkpoint

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Can’t Catch A Break: ‘All Year Call Of Duty’s Numbers Have Been Quite Low’

Also: Helldivers 2 has a new reason to come back and Sony is partnering with JJ Abrams' Bad Robot

By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2025

CultureNews

Let It Die: Inferno Dev Gets Shockingly Transparent About Using Gen AI As Fans Fight Over Microtransactions And PVP

The follow-up to a cult favorite is getting a frosty reception

By Ethan Gach Published December 4, 2025
CultureNews

Finance Bro Thinks It Would Be Cool To Turn Your Entire Life Into The Stock Market

Haven't you always wanted to use shady financial instruments to own the haters?

By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2025
Tips & Guides

Everything You Need To Know About Elden Ring Nightreign‘s DLC

The Forsaken Hollows arrives alongside new patch notes

By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2025
CultureNews

Kotaku Is Looking for Freelance Contributors

We're looking for thoughtful writers to help with covering news, reporting, and more

By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2025
CultureNews

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Had A Big Launch, Game Pass Helped Make It Even Bigger

The French RPG eclipsed other third-party Game Pass releases in 2025

By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2025

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