Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

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Did Fans Get Characters Modeled After Hideo Kojima Into The Silent Hill Interactive Show?

Silent Hill Ascension let players create custom characters that could end up in the series

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 24, 2024

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This Inside Out 2 Character Is Practically Begging To Be In Kingdom Hearts IV

Lance Slashblade is a video game character that’s described as a ‘ Final Fantasy -style’ swordsman

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 23, 2024

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The Internet Reacts To Hunter Schafer Playing A Switch For Vogue

The Euphoria star is giving gamer rot and we have no choice but to stan

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 23, 2024

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Last Of Us Director Says AI Will ‘Push The Boundaries Of Storytelling In Games’ [Update]

Neil Druckmann says AI can be used to create ‘nuanced dialogues and characters’ as if his team hasn’t already been doing that

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 23, 2024

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The Kingdom Hearts Games, Ranked From Worst To Best

Square Enix’s Disney and Final Fantasy crossover has been on a lot of platforms, and some have been kinder to it than others

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 22, 2024

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Overwatch 2 Ditches Another New Game Mode As It Slowly Sheds What Made It A Sequel

The Hero Mastery Gauntlet mode may not have been great, but its loss is still indicative of a larger trend

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 22, 2024

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Pokémon Fans Want Stephen A. Smith To Voice The New Pokédex

The sports personality pondered if Mewtwo could beat LeBron James in basketball

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2024

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Restores A Party Member’s Trans Identity

Vivian’s transgender identity was taken out of the English localization on the GameCube

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2024

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One Of The Best Video Game Songs Of All Time Just Got Radically Transformed

Utada Hikaru’s ‘Simple and Clean’ has enamored Kingdom Hearts ’ fans since 2002

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2024

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After Years Of Waiting, The Kingdom Hearts Series Is Finally Coming To Steam (With One Exception)

The Disney x Final Fantasy crossover has been stuck on the Epic Games Store for years

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2024

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The 10 Best X-Men Games Of All Time

From fighting games to RPGs, the X-Men have been around

Kenneth Shepard & Carolyn Petit Published May 21, 2024

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Fired X-Men ‘97 Creator Says He Wrote ‘A Lot’ Of Season Two

Beau DeMayo ‘parted ways’ with Disney just before the first season aired

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2024

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You Can’t Play Steam Games In Your New Tesla Anymore

If you wanted to play PC games in your parked electric car, that era is over

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2024

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The Assassin’s Creed Heroes, Ranked From Worst To Best

Where do Ezio and Kassandra land in our ranking of the best Assassins

Kenneth Shepard & Carolyn Petit & Willa Rowe & Zack Zwiezen Published May 17, 2024

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Mortal Kombat 1 Mod Recreates The Drake Vs. Kendrick Beef

They haven’t made a new Def Jam fighting game in almost 20 years, so we make do

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 17, 2024

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Yes, Morph Was Confessing Feelings For Wolverine in X-Men ‘97

The non-binary shapeshifter wants to kiss Logan on the mouth, and that’s canon

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 17, 2024

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Sonic Fans Are Going Feral Waiting For The Third Movie Trailer

It’s the Year of Shadow the Hedgehog, so show him to me, please

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2024

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Who Is Yasuke, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black Samurai Protagonist?

The co-lead of the next Assassin’s Creed is the series’ first playable historical figure

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2024

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Fans Want This Pokémon X Animal Crossing Mashup To Be Real

An artist has imagined what Pokémon might look like in Nintendo’s life sim

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2024

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Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven’t Upgraded To PS5

The PS5 is four years into its life cycle, but only accounts for half of PlayStation Network users

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 16, 2024