Rebekah Valentine

Rebekah Valentine is a multi-award-winning senior writer for Kotaku. She's been a journalist covering the games industry for nearly a decade, with past work at outlets including IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, Wirecutter, and USGamer. She's based in Kansas City with a partner, two cats, and a big garden, and spends her gaming hours on Nintendo, WoW, and generally anything commonly dubbed a "sicko game".

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Diablo 5 Teased At Blizzcon, But It’s Several Years Away

The man himself is back in town

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 12, 2026
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Overwatch’s Next Hero Is Basically A Vampire

Lethal doctrine

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 12, 2026
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Blizzard’s Open-World StarCraft Shooter Gets Gruesome Reveal, But You’ll Have To Wait A Long Time For It

Ad astra

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 12, 2026
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Heroes Of The Storm Is Getting A Surprise New Hero Later This Month

From the void to the storm

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 12, 2026
Games

A Game About A Delivery Tanuki On A BMX Bike Is Making Me Nostalgic For My Childhood Summers

Tanuki: Pon's Summer reminds me of a particular kind of freedom I'm unlikely to have again

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 11, 2026

Games

Brutal Cult-Favorite Indie Survival Game Is Almost Free After Years Of Legal Limbo With Adult Swim’s Defunct Publishing Label

Start of a new cycle

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 11, 2026
Games

How Stardew Valley Inspired A Game About Blasting Freaky Monsters Into Piles Of Guts

'I'm going to be like a regular man and just go fishing'

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 11, 2026
Games

I Played A Game That Turns Tetris Into Doom, And It’s For Babies

A child could do it, if you gave them a gun

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026
Games

Rebounder Is A Celeste-like That Has Me Throwing Caution To The Alien Wind

Whee!

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026
Games

StarCraft, ‘Camelot,’ And More: Everything We Expect And Hope To See At BlizzCon 2026

A big year for the Crafts

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 10, 2026

Games

There’s Still No Sign Of A New 3D Mario On Switch 2, Bucking 30-Year Trend

Feel like pure shiitake, just want him back x

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
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Kirby Gets A Big Sword And Smashes Open The Sky In His Next Open-World Adventure

Give. Kirby. A. Sword.

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
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Professor Layton And The New World Of Steam *Finally* Has A Release Date

It's the first new Layton game in nine years, and the first to star the professor in 13

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
Games

Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain Renames The Second Yo-Kai Watch Game For The Fourth Time For Some Reason

It's been seven years since the Yo-kai were last seen in the West

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
Games

Nintendo Keeps Revealing Cool, Expensive Lego Sets That Won’t Be Ready For Christmas

Link and Epona are the latest super-detailed Lego build that won't be here till next year, and will probably be too rich for my blood anyway

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026

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1,900 Blizzard Developers Just Won A Union Contract Full Of Protections For AI, Layoffs, And More

Blizzard's many disparate unions are also being condensed into three groups for ease of future bargaining

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
Games

Aw Hell Yeah, The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Remix Of Gerudo Valley Sounds Great

Do do do do, do do do dooo, do do do do, do do do dooo

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 9, 2026
Games

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Changes One Of The Most Iconic Sounds In Gaming And It’s Weird

Listen! Listen! Listen!

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 8, 2026
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25 Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Comparison Shots Showing How Lovely The Remake Looks Compared To The Original

Song of time

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 8, 2026
Games

One Big Nintendo Property Was All Over PAX West, And Nintendo Didn’t Even Have To Show Up

Yeah, they got me too

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 8, 2026

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