Kenneth Shepard, Author at Kotaku

The Bests

Nintendo’s 30 Best Switch Games, Ranked

With the Switch 2 nearly here, we look back at some of the best Nintendo games from the first Switch’s lifetime

Kenneth Shepard & Ethan Gach & Carolyn Petit Published March 10, 2025

Entertainment

New Last Of Us Season 2 Trailer Shows Some Of Part II’s Most Iconic Moments

HBO's live-action adaptation is kicking off its second season in April

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 8, 2025

Entertainment

The Latest Episode Of Severance Is One Of Its Best And Most Divisive

Some are calling the Cobel-centric episode ‘filler,” and it feels like we’re watching TV wrong

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 7, 2025

Entertainment

The Live-Action PowerPuff Girls Trailer WB Doesn’t Want You To See Keeps Disappearing From The Internet

Warner Bros. is trying to squash any post that includes footage of the terrible trailer

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 6, 2025

Entertainment

A Trailer For The Canceled Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Has Leaked And It Looks Like A Bad SNL Sketch

‘Once again the day is saved, thanks to whoever decided to cancel this’

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 6, 2025

CultureNews

Neil Druckmann Says ‘Don’t Bet’ On The Last Of Us Part III

The director says that fans should be prepared for the possibility that the post-apocalyptic series might be over

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 5, 2025

ReviewsMultiplatform

Split Fiction: The Kotaku Review

Hazelight’s latest co-op adventure is an excellent victory lap

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 4, 2025

Entertainment

Avengers: Doomsday Concept Art Leak May Have Spoiled Some Big Surprises

Star-Lord, Hulk, and more are returning for Marvel’s next big crossover event

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 3, 2025

Wanderers look out at strange anomalies.

OpinionImpressions

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Delivers What Final Fantasy Has Been Missing

Sandfall Interactive’s Charlie Cox-led RPG has the juice

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 3, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Another Pokémon Game, Another Year Of Debating How Ugly These Games Have Gotten

Is Pokémon Legends: Z-A an improvement in the series’ ongoing graphics woes? Fans can’t seem to agree

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 28, 2025

CultureNews

Pokémon Fans Have A Conspiracy Theory That Cyndaquil Isn’t In Legends: Z-A Because Of Smutty Folklore

Why isn’t Cyndaquil joining the rest of the Johto trio in Legends: Z-A ? Fans have an implausible but funny idea

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 28, 2025

CultureNews

11 Details You Might’ve Missed In The First Pokémon Legends: Z-A Trailers

The upcoming Switch game is shaking up the Pokémon formula

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 27, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Pokémon Champions Was The Most Important Announcement From Pokémon Day

Giving competitive players their own space could mean great things for single-player Pokémon RPGs

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 27, 2025

CultureNews

Everything We Saw During The Pokémon Day Presents Showcase

Pokémon Legends: Z-A was the headliner, but we also got updates on other games and the future of competitive play

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 27, 2025

CultureNews

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Shows Off Massive City And Mega Evolutions

Game Freak finally showed the upcoming Switch RPG, and it looks great

Kenneth Shepard & Ethan Gach Published February 27, 2025

CultureNews

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Free For PlayStation Plus Just Months After Launch

EA says the fourth entry in BioWare’s beloved fantasy series missed its initial sales expectations

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 26, 2025

OpinionCommentary

The Nemesis System Was One Of The Best Things Gaming Ever Did, And WB Just Killed It

Warner Bros. is shutting down the team responsible for one of the most interesting narrative design mechanics in recent memory

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 25, 2025

OpinionCommentary

I Wish More People Could Experience This Incredible Shovel Knight Concert

The Shovel Knight Live: Steel Thy Concert performance featured live arrangements of the beloved platformer’s chiptune soundtrack

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 25, 2025

ReviewsMultiplatform

This Narrative Game About Love And Loss Is A Beautiful Tribute To Its Late Developer

Afterlove EP is about the mundane and ugly parts of grief and finding yourself on the other side

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 24, 2025

OpinionCommentary

Ex-Dragon Age Producer Asks People To Stop Harassing Developers, Gets Predictable Response

Mark Darrah left BioWare in 2020, but was a consultant on Dragon Age: The Veilguard

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 21, 2025