Hey Japan, Have Some Orange Coca-Cola

Well, the official name is actually ” Coca-Cola Orange.” And it tastes like, wait for it, Coke with orange. As you can see, the drink is not orange colored. That’s good. [Photo: runaebi] [Photo: ksasahar] While people in Japan are quite surprised to see orange Coke, some folks abroad may not be! Back in 2007,…

​Minecraft Diamonds are 11 Times Rarer than Real Ones

Diamonds are the second rarest material in Minecraft. You can mold them into the most durable tools and weapons, or just make a copy of the Statue of Liberty. If you’ve tried looking for them for any length of time, though, you know the material can be frustratingly rare. In fact, it’s even scarcer in…

V’s Speech in V for Vendetta Only Has 53 Vs And That Makes Me Sad

They could have had 55, but no. I guess it is still pretty impressive, if you’re into alliteration. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @dcstarkey

Anime’s Fan-Driven Resurgence Continues

Cannon Busters is the latest attempt to get a new anime up and running via Kickstarter, and like Under the Dog, it’s got some serious talent behind it. Heading the team is LeSean Thomas, who worked on Black Dynamite’s awesome animated series, but he’s joined by guys like Joe Mad (Darksiders) and Tim Yoon (Legend…

Nice Threads, Sand Dude

Crush Visual is a design team whose members have worked for clients like Ubisoft and EA, as well as Hollywood studios like Legendary and Columbia. You can see more of Crush’s work at their studio site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

If you’d told me ten years ago that Kevin Spacey and Conan O’Brien would be trading Call of Duty jokes in 2014, over the internet no less, I’d have said, um, no they won’t be.

PC Version Of Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Launched A Little Rough

Look, PC gamers are never truly satisfied. Being a series whose bread is buttered on console, Call of Duty’s PC versions have rarely been the best examples of what the platform can do. But this year’s edition has folks a little more upset than usual. There are two big reasons for this. One is performance,…

Our Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review will run tomorrow morning. I know Fahey promised Wednesday, but Fahey promises a lot of things, and has a tendency to talk in third-person. That guy, I swear. Tune in bright and early tomorrow morning for his full review.

Duck Hunt’s Smash Bros. Entrance Video Is Hilarious

Leave it to Duck Hunt, the goofiest goddamn character in Super Smash Bros, to have the goofiest goddamn intro video of them all. We’ve known about Duck Hunt for months now, but today during a Nintendo Direct, the folks behind Smash officially revealed the lovable dog and his bird sidekick. Their intro video is just…

Xenoblade Chronicles X Looks Like… Um… Grand Theft Auto V?

Just what on earth is going on in this new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X? Did they wander into Grand Theft Auto? That’s New Los Angeles, the homebase area in Monolith’s upcoming RPG, which will be out for Wii U next year. And the game looks great. Really. The Wii U desperately needs a massive…

Splatoon, Nintendo’s oddball early-2015 four-on-four Wii U shooter, will have a singleplayer mode, too. A new trailer shows off how wonderfully bizarre it looks.

Remember Code Name STEAM? Here’s some new footage of its tactical action—and now we have a vague release date, too. Spring 2015, for the 3DS.

Watch Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here [UPDATE]

UPDATE (5:36pm): Today’s big announcement was Majora’s Mask 3D, which will be out for 3DS this spring. We also saw new footage from Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and the upcoming DLC for Mario Kart 8. You can watch the full 33-minute Nintendo Direct above. Original post follows: It’s just about time for the first real…

Our Watch Dogs 2 Wishlist

Last week brought news that Watch Dogs has now shipped more than nine million copies. (Not sold; game companies don’t talk about that as much). It’s another sign that Watch Dogs 2—and probably Watch Dogs 3—is inevitable. Well, Ubisoft people, if sequels will be made, we have some requests… Figure out what Watch Dogs is…

Pewdiepie Says Turning Off Comments Made Him Happier

Last we heard from YouTube’s most popular gamer, he was turning off comments in an effort find better ways to connect to his fans. Now, a couple of months later, he reports that the change was ultimately a great one. “Before I turned off my comments I think things were going downhill,” Felix ‘Pewdiepie’ Kjellberg…

PSA: ‘Fallout: Shadow of Boston’ Is A Fake

This morning, a NeoGAF member discovered that Bethesda had trademarked something called Fallout: Shadow of Boston, and of course, a host of gaming sitesrushed to echo that “news,” to the point where “Shadow of Boston” was trending on Twitter this afternoon. It’s gotten pretty widespread, so we feel like we have to debunk this. Don’t…