Alex Walker

Alex Walker is a former editor of Kotaku Australia and is known for his work covering video games, industry issues, technology and esports. He has written across ABC Technology & Games, games.on.net, PC Powerplay, Techly and others. Alex broke into the industry as a specialist esports reporter and has been repeatedly nominated in the Australian IT Journalism awards for Best Gaming Journalist, Best Technical Journalist, Best News Journalist and Best Columnist. Alex has also been reporting on Australian esports since 2003, across Counter-Strike, Starcraft, Quake 3 and Call of Duty, even going as far as to have a stint as a sponsored player in Counter-Strike and Starcraft 2.

  • Cruelty Squad Is The Video Game Equivalent Of A Contact High

    Cruelty Squad Is The Video Game Equivalent Of A Contact High

    If you haven’t seen Cruelty Squad in your social feeds or Steam algorithms yet, let me gently remind you: holy shit, you need to play Cruelty Squad. Leah and I played the game on stream last week, although ‘playing’ is a generous description of what you’re in for. Playing Cruelty Squad is more akin to an assault…