John Walker, Author at Kotaku

CulturePokemon

The Pokémon Company Apologizes For Listing Fan Meet-Up At One Of Japan’s Most Controversial Sites

The Yasukuni Shrine is a site of great consternation in the country

By John Walker Published January 30, 2026

Tips & Guides

Today’s The Last Chance To Buy The Nintendo Switch’s Best Deal

The Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers go off sale from tomorrow, goddammit

By John Walker Published January 30, 2026

Tips & Guides

8 Things We Just Learned From Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Direct

The Switch and Switch 2 game is out April 16

By John Walker Published January 29, 2026

Entertainment

Fallout Season 1 Is Completely Free To Watch On YouTube, But Only If You’re Quick

The first two episodes are already up, with two more being added today

By John Walker Published January 29, 2026

CulturePokemon

Pokémon TCG’s Latest Set Suffers A Big Delay

The rules have also changed to mean Ascended Heroes won't be legal for the European Championships

By John Walker Published January 29, 2026

CultureNews

Developer Says Ubisoft Punished Him For Publicly Criticizing Its Return-To-Office Mandate

The Ubisoft Montreal staff member says this was an 'alleged breach of the duty of loyalty'

By John Walker Published January 28, 2026

CultureNews

Valve Fails To Get $900m Class Action Lawsuit Over Pricing Thrown Out

The UK case claims Steam is overcharging players of PC games

By John Walker Published January 27, 2026

CultureNews

Oopsie, Walmart’s Maybe Leaked Two Big-Name GameCube Games Coming To Switch Online [Update]

The retail giant has a couple of games in its promo image that haven't been mentioned before

By John Walker Updated January 29, 2026

Reviews

TR-49 Is A Stunningly Good Game That Strikes At The Heart Of Everything That’s Wrong Right Now

The latest linguistic project from Heaven's Vault creators Inkle is one of their best yet

By John Walker Published January 26, 2026

CultureNews

Warhammer 40K-Inspired FTL Mash-Up Removed From Steam After Seemingly Bogus DMCA Takedown

A takedown issued by the captain of the Firefly-class Serenity no less

By John Walker Published January 26, 2026

OpinionCommentary

It’s Not Too Late To Save Beloved Gaming Franchises That Have Become Too Big To Fail

A smaller team making a smaller-budget game makes lots more money than no game at all

By John Walker Published January 23, 2026

CultureNews

Nintendo Announces Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct For This Weekend

It'll feature new footage of the April 3 movie, but no gaming news

By John Walker Published January 23, 2026

CultureNews

Sinners Gets A Record Number Of Oscar Noms After Golden Globes Snub

Ryan Coogler's stunning horror film is up for 16 Academy Awards

By John Walker Published January 22, 2026

CultureNews

Today’s Xbox Developer Direct Expected To Confirm May Release For Forza Horizon 6

Fable and Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation will also get deep dives

By John Walker Published January 22, 2026

CultureNews

Ubisoft Shares Tumble To Awful Lows Following Yesterday’s Cancellation Announcements

The latest attempt to restructure studios on the Titanic doesn't look to have won over shareholders

By John Walker Published January 22, 2026

CulturePokemon

Fat Pikachu Is Back

The legendary Chunkachu returns in a super-squishy form

By John Walker Published January 21, 2026

CultureNews

Game Pass Continues A Killer New Year With Two More Epic Games

Space Marine II and Death Stranding Director's Cut make the month even better

By John Walker Published January 20, 2026

CultureNews

Arc Raiders’ Latest Patch Is A Major Blow To Cheating Scum

Patch 1.12.0 takes care of two of the most irritating PvP exploits that have riled players

By John Walker Published January 20, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Razer CEO Can’t Get Out Of His Own Way In Car Crash Interview On AI

The Grok-powered Ava waifu AI is about the most sensible part of the conversation

By John Walker Published January 20, 2026

CultureNews

Arc Raiders Starts Handing Out Brutal Permanent Bans To Its Worst Cheaters

Gone are the 30-day suspensions for those egregiously cheating

By John Walker Published January 16, 2026