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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Games

Every Game Should Let Me Craft Directly From My Storage

More and more games are figuring out that I don't want to have to remember where I left my high-quality copper

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 19, 2026
Games

Is Steam Down? Is It Tuesday? Great News, It’s Probably Just Maintenance Day

The more you know

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 18, 2026
Games

The Creators Of Big Walk Break Down The GOTY Contender’s Development, Puzzles, And Stunning Ending

Big Interview

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 18, 2026
CultureNews

Group Claiming Responsibility For Supposed GTA 6 Gameplay Leak Demands End to Digital Pre-Orders: ‘If Publishers Want Revenue Before Launch, They Can Press Discs’

'Preorders were not created for gamers'

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 18, 2026
Culture

I Tried Krispy Kreme’s Hard-To-Get Pokemon Doughnuts, And One Of Them Was Actually Pretty Good

But you're still hungry

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 18, 2026

Games

Update: Krispy Kreme Pokémon Doughnuts Are A Little Tricky To Come By

Why would I have assumed I could buy cute Pikachu-themed doughnuts on the day they came out?

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 17, 2026
Entertainment

Low-Budget Animated Movie About A Cow Gets So Popular Theaters Are Using Ridiculous Hand-Drawn Posters

Here comes the cow!!

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 17, 2026
CultureNews

World Of Warcraft Players Claim Their Characters Keep Fighting Bosses On Their Own After Disconnecting

'Suuuper weird'

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 14, 2026
CultureNews

Roblox Is Now Under Investigation By The U.S. Senate Over Child Safety

'Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children'

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 14, 2026
Opinion

I Definitely Do Not Like March From Fields Of Mistria And Absolutely Will Not Be Marrying Him Under Any Circumstances

Not today, not ever, not me, nosiree

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 13, 2026

Games

How To Get All The Pokémon You Forgot About Out Of Pokémon Bank Before The Service Shuts Down

Do not ask me how to get them out of the GameCube games, I will cry

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 13, 2026
Games

Things I Said Out Loud, To No One, While Suffering Through FromSoft’s Grueling Dark Souls Predecessor For Kotaku’s Warp Week

This is just like Dark Souls

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 12, 2026
Games

Pokopia’s New DLC Is Its Most Melancholy Yet

Back to my home, I dare not go

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 12, 2026
Games

New Sci-Fi Thriller From Immortality Studio Originated As An Idea For An FMV Metroid Game

It's called Precognition, it's out in 2028, but there's no Samus Aran anywhere

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 12, 2026
Games

Someone Just Maxed Out Their Fishing In Old School RuneScape Using Only The Starter Net: ‘Nothing Matters’

'I will miss catching those lil water bugs'

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 12, 2026

CultureNews

Witcher Multiplayer Project Suffers Another Round Of Layoffs

Project Sirius is still in the works four years and two layoff rounds after its announcement in 2022

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 12, 2026
Games

I Played This Brutal PS2 Action RPG For Ten Hours And Only Died To Poison Like 50 Times

Beware: Poison

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 11, 2026
OpinionVG Chat

Pokémon Ruby And Sapphire Defined Pokémon As We Know It Today

From monster designs to a more fleshed-out world, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire represented the moment we knew Pokémon was more than just a childhood craze

Rebekah Valentine and Kenneth Shepard Published August 11, 2026
Games

Looks Like The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Getting A Fancy Zelda-themed Special Edition Console And Controller

Can we please just have more Joy-Con options that don't involve buying a whole console? Please?

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 11, 2026
CultureNews

It Took Less Than A Week For Someone To Drain All The Water Out Of Pokopia’s New Oceanic Town

The water is extremely not fine

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 11, 2026

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