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How To Skip Half Of Final Fantasy IV By Climbing Stairs

The fastest way to beat the iconic role-playing game Final Fantasy IV isn’t to dash through the final dungeon or grind for all the best spells. It’s to walk up and down the same staircase 63 times. An obscure, elaborate glitch, discovered nearly six years ago, allows players of the 1991 Super Nintendo game to…

Track: Relax | Artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Time For A Quest, Then

Andrius Matijosius is a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Lithuania. You can see more of Andrius’ work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…

Track: Live And Let Die | Artist: Guns N’ Roses | Album: Use Your Illusion I Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Art Of Games Of Thrones: Season 7

As they have many times before, German studio Karakter were employed by HBO to help out on the latest series of Game of Thrones, to work on not just VFX and general concept stuff, but also to design locations like Dragonstone as well. Below you can see some examples of their work, which included some…

There Are Two New Farming Games In Steam’s Top 10 Right Now

Shooting, stabbing, soaring, and truck simulating? That stuff’s old hat. These days soil-tiling—possibly while wearing an old hat—is where it’s at. Yesterday, two early access farming games, My Time At Portia and Staxel, both launched into Steam’s top ten. Once upon a time, hardcore users of platforms like Steam looked upon farming games with derision,…

What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Story

Here at Kotaku, several of us have finally been wrapping up Assassin’s Creed Origins. That means we can get together to talk about it, spoilers and all. Yesterday afternoon, I got on the horn with fellow Kotaku Assassin’s Creediphiles Luke Plunkett and Stephen Totilo to record a special bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen all about…

Track: I’m A Man | Artist: Pissed Jeans | Album: Why Love Now

Sailor Moon Cosplay Is A  Husband And Wife Thing

On the left, fenixfatalist as Sailor Neptune. On the right, her husband vergiil-sparda as Sailor Uranus. It’s not their first time cosplaying together (see below), but it is his first time crossplaying, and it’s absolutely incredible. We’ve actually featured fenixfatalist a bunch here previously, if you’d like to check out more of her cosplay:

Track: A Change Is Gonna Come | Artist: Sam Cooke | Album: Ain’t That Good News

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Yinfaowei Harrison is a freelance artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. You can see more of Yinfaowei’s work at his personal site. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both…

The Internet Reacts To D.va’s New Skin

Blizzard is dropping a ton of new skins and a new map for Overwatch today, but D.va’s new cat-themed skin has already captured the internet’s heart. D.va already has a lot of great skins, but hey, I’m not complaining. I mean, her mech has a tail on it now! That’s worth the price of admission.…

Track: Heroes (Live at the Isle of Wight) | Artist: David Bowie | Album: Heroes Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Here’s A Very Good Legend Of Zelda Cosplayer

The mark of a good Zelda cosplayer is good Zelda cosplay. The mark of a great one is being able to pull of quality cosplay across all different types of eras and designs, like Norway’s Sophie Riiscan. Here she is cosplaying as Link as he appears in all kinds of games and settings, from Breath…

Get The Squad Together

Didier Nguyen is an artist from France who works for Activision’s Toys For Bob studio. You can see more of Didier’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists,…

Widowmaker Player Is Ice Cold

Today on Highlight Reel we have snipers without mercy, D&D cheaters, World War 1 tactics and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up…

What Keeps You From Starting Games You Already Own?

I want to play Assassin’s Creed Origins, I really do. The other day, Kotaku’s own Luke Plunkett told me that it takes inspiration from The Witcher 3, which is pretty much all you have to say to make me buy something and tear off the wrapping with my teeth. But then the other shoe dropped.…

Your Uncle Who Worked At Nintendo Still Had To Pay For His Games

Even if someone’s uncle really did work at Nintendo, guess what: he probably didn’t get that kid down the street a copy of Mario for free. Chris Bieniek from Video Game Ephemera has got hold of some 1991 “Employee Purchase Order” paperwork from Nintendo of America, which shows how workers were able to buy their…

New Wind Waker HD Trick Breathes Life Back Into ‘Dead’ Speedrunning Category

Last year, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker speedrunners found a way to get to the end of the game early, but reaching Ganon for the final fight involved a risky trick that was entirely dependent on luck to complete. A new trick discovered this weekend removes the random chance and makes the game…