Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

A Game Of The Year Contender Is Passing Right Under People’s Noses

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is too ambitious to be ignored

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2025

The Last Of Us Show Made A Major Change From The Game This Week, And Neil Druckmann Explains Why

Series director Neil Druckmann says keeping Joel and Ellie’s last conversation at the end of the story “wouldn’t work” this time around

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2025

CultureNews

Cyberpunk 2077’s Sequel Will Return To Night City, As Well As Take Us Somewhere New

Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith compares the new city to ‘Chicago gone wrong’

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2025

Entertainment

Last Of Us Fans Are Bracing Themselves For Next Week’s Finale After Seeing One Clip From The Episode

A moment in the finale’s preview spells danger for one member of the cast

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2025

Entertainment

The Last Of Us Cut A Beloved Segment From The Museum Scene, But It Looks Like HBO Shot It

Joel and Ellie’s museum trip usually has a lot more dinosaur talk

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 19, 2025

CultureNews

Overwatch 2’s Street Fighter Skins Are A Knockout

Hanzo leads the charge as Ryu, alongside other heroes like Juno, Kiriko, and Winston

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 19, 2025

Entertainment

One Of The Most Important Details From This Week’s Last Of Us Episode Is A Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-It Reveal

One flashback may have explained one of the show’s oddest departures from the games

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 19, 2025

Entertainment

The Last Of Us Season Two, Episode Six Recap: Days Of You And Me

It’s Joel week on the HBO series, and I wish I could celebrate

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 18, 2025

CultureNews

Police Arrest Man Found With More Than $300K Worth Of Stolen Pokémon Cards

The Manchester man was arrested by the Tameside Police

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2025

CultureNews

Marvel Rivals Is Letting Players Manipulate Ranked Mode And They’re Not Happy

The Chrono Shield Cards allow you to maintain your rank even when you lose a match

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2025

CultureNews

New Kingdom Hearts IV Screenshots Confirm Playable Mickey

The RPG is probably still years away, but Square Enix released new images as a sign of life

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2025

CultureNews

A New Persona 5 Game Is Coming Out Next Month

Persona 5: The Phantom X is finally making its way to the west

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2025

OpinionImpressions

12 Cool Games We Saw At PAX East 2025

The Boston games convention didn’t have as many big names, but the indies were cooking

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 14, 2025

CultureNews

Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy Collab Has A Card For Every Cid (With One Exception)

The card game found a clever way to showcase one of Final Fantasy ’s long-running staples

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 13, 2025

CultureNews

No, Atlus Isn’t Teasing Persona 6 Yet

Persona 5: The Phantom X seems to finally be making its way out of China

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 13, 2025

Entertainment

The Last Of Us Fans Celebrate The (Temporary) Return Of Their TV Peepaw Next Week

This week’s episode ended with a ‘hey, kiddo’ heard ‘round the world

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 12, 2025

Entertainment

Why Last Of Us Fans Are Freaking Out About Pearl Jam This Week

The show hasn’t explained why Ellie is singing a song she shouldn’t know

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 12, 2025

Entertainment

The Last Of Us Season Two, Episode Five Recap: Seeing Red

As Ellie finally reaches her first target on her revenge tour, her mask finally starts to slip

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 11, 2025

OpinionImpressions

One Surprising Switch 2 Launch Game Sold Me On The Mouse Controls

The Bravely Default remaster is a shockingly good showcase for the Switch 2’s mouse controls

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 9, 2025

CultureNews

Overwatch 2’s Street Fighter Collaboration Would Be Cool If The Game Wasn’t Becoming Fortnite

Blizzard has leaned so heavily on crossovers that Overwatch 2 ’s world feels underutilized

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 9, 2025