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.
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  • Deep Silver Has Created A New Studio For A TimeSplitters Sequel

    Deep Silver Has Created A New Studio For A TimeSplitters Sequel

    Alex Walker

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    Fans have wanted TimeSplitters to come back for years, and now, Deep Silver is making it happen. As part of the Embracer Group’s ongoing mission to acquire seemingly every AA franchise in existence, Deep Silver (which is owned by the group through Koch Media) has announced that a new TimeSplitters is being made by a new in-house studio.…

  • Every Australian Should Be Proud Of Pentanet

    Every Australian Should Be Proud Of Pentanet

    Alex Walker

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    When Riot Games shut down their Australian office and effectively gave away the rights to run professional League in Australia, expectations were low. Australia’s best players fled to North America. Sponsors left the scene. Australia still had players and teams, but when your talent flees and much of the league’s operational structure had been slowly gutted,…

  • Prepare To Make A Lot Of Crappy Wine In Hundred Days

    Prepare To Make A Lot Of Crappy Wine In Hundred Days

    Alex Walker

    When you first fire up Hundred Days, one of the first people you meet is the head of the harvest. He’s not the chief winemaker, but he may as well be — because he bluntly and immediately reminds you that you know absolutely nothing about wine, and it’ll probably be shit.