Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

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Netflix’s 6-Hour Exclusivity Window For GTA 6 Reportedly Only Led To Its Third Highest Sign-Up Bump Of The Year

A modest 100,000 new subscribers paid up to see Jason and Lucia in action

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026

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Saudi Arabia Reportedly Considering Merging EA With Savvy Games Group

The Madden publisher's acquisition was finalized in August

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026

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Chun-Li’s Stunt Double In The Street Fighter Movie Had To Wear Butt Pads To Match Actor Callina Liang’s Thunder Thighs

Callina Liang underwent rigorous training to match the fighter's physique

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026

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Marvel’s Wolverine: The Kotaku Review

Insomniac’s latest Marvel superhero game is refreshingly straightforward…mostly

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2026

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Who The Hell Is This New Guy In Danganronpa 2×2?

Sorry, but it’s a murder mystery so I gotta be immediately suspicious when a new person shows up

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 9, 2026

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Everything We Saw At The September Nintendo Direct

The Legend of Zelda had its moment, but there are plenty other games coming to Switch 2

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 9, 2026

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Massive Steam Leak May Have Revealed Every Kingdom Hearts IV World And Unannounced Games

The achievement database Exophase has listed achievements for several games, including some that haven't been announced

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 9, 2026

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Major Persona 6 Spoilers May Have Just Leaked In A Crazy Way

Atlus has been very tight-lipped on the upcoming RPG

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 8, 2026

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8 Things We Noticed In The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Trailer

The return to the Nintendo 64 classic is faithful enough we can identify most of what we saw

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 8, 2026

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Everything We Saw At The Legend Of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct

There's a fair amount happening in Hyrule for the series' big 40

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 8, 2026

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Some Big Companies Are Seemingly Opting Out Of Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Service [Update]

Fans report Sega, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Bandai Namco games are ‘not participating’ in the newly introduced service

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 8, 2026

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New BioWare-Style RPG Exodus Is Doing Romance A Little Differently From Mass Effect

Narrative director Drew Karpyshyn has confirmed that ‘the player drives the romances’ in Exodus

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 4, 2026

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We’re Getting Not One, But Two Nintendo Directs Next Week

One will be a general showcase, while the other will focus on The Legend of Zelda

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 4, 2026

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Gamescom Apologizes For Victim-Blaming Indie Devs Whose Laptops Were Stolen: ‘We Understand What This Has Cost You, And We Should Have Said So From The Very First Moment’

Several indie developers reported having their laptops stolen at the event, despite security

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 4, 2026

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Square Wants Final Fantasy Resonance To Be Both A Tribute To Its Past And A Gateway To Its Future

The retooled version of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius shoulders more than just the responsibility of bringing its previous iteration back from the dead

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 4, 2026