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.
  • Facebook Bans News in Australia

    Facebook Bans News in Australia

    If you’re reading this, it means you didn’t come from Facebook because the tech giant has made the drastic move to ban Australians from posting or sharing news. On Thursday morning, Facebook Australia and New Zealand’s managing director William Easton announced the move on the company blog. “In response to Australia’s proposed new Media Bargaining…