セガがiPhoneアプリ、iPadアプリのハロウィーンセール開催中

セガのiPhoneアプリとiPadアプリのハロウィーンセールは驚くべき割引なようです。99セント（85円）になっているアプリも数多くあります。例えばバーチャファイター2（ジェネシス版）、ゴールデンアックス3などです。この機会をお見逃しなく。ハロウィーンセールは10月31日まで。


Sega's Halloween sale might be the scariest yet. Starting tomorrow, the publisher is discounting some of its iOS games, including a couple that we'd literally be afraid to try on a touchscreen interface -- like Gunstar Heroes.

You'll also be able to get a game for 99 cents that is abstracted enough from its source to be comparable to a ghost story or urban legend. Have you heard of the iPhone version of the Genesis version of Virtua Fighter 2? Legend has it you can see it if you search the App Store at the stroke of midnight, or any other time. It was once an arcade game, but then a mad scientist made a 2D Genesis game out of it. And then, years later, an even madder scientist ported it to iOS.

Other listed deals include Brick People and Chu Chu Rocket! for iPad, for $1 each. Those aren't really that scary.

インドネシアでPS3のJailbreakに成功

インドネシアのJB2 DONGLEと呼ばれるものを使ってPS3のJailbreakに成功したそうです。初代のGeoHotではファームウェア3.55で動いていましたが、現在の3.73では動作しなくなっていたそうです。


このJB2 DONGLEではブルーレイに焼かれたFIFA12をプレイしている動画が公開されています。またこのJB2 DONGLEは45ドルで販売されているそうです。




ただし個人的な意見をいえばこうしたものを購入するのは違法なものに投資をするようなもので、もっと良いお金の使い道があるような気がします。


A team from Indonesia claims it has successfully jailbroken the PS3 with a new dongle it's calling "JB2." JB2 is supposedly based on the original jailbreak key produced by GeoHot and works on firmware version 3.55 consoles, but plays games up to the current version, 3.73, PS3Crunch reports (as of writing, the PS3Crunch website is down, whether from server overload or more purposeful action is unclear).

The dongle will play titles burned onto Blu-ray discs via HDD, including FIFA 12, Driver: San Francisco, God of War: Origins Collection, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, X-Men Destiny andSniper Ghost Warrior, PS3Crunch says. The dongle is now circulating in Indonesia and will be sold globally for roughly $45, reports say.

The above video supposedly shows the JB2 in action, booting up to a developer-build screen and expanded option set. Personally, finding and buying the JB2, getting BD-Rs and burning copies of new games seems like more work than we'd ever invest in an illegal, temporary piece of hardware. Maybe that's just us -- given, we're extremely smart, well-informed, good-looking and all-around cool people -- but again, that's just us.


http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/report-ps3-jailbreak-second-edition-is-now-circulating-in-ind/

Microsoft Researchが提供する新しいKinect技術Holodesk

マイクロソフトリサーチがKinectを使った新しいデモ動画を公開しました。このHolodeskは以前の3Dモデリング技術を進化させてインタラクティブにしたものです。百聞は一見にしかず、デモ動画を御覧ください。





なぜか動画に音声はありませんがその技術に驚愕することまちがいなしです。早く実用化が待ち遠しいです。


There are a lot of conspiracy theorists at Joystiq that attribute the human race's breathtakingly rapid technological advancement to ancient aliens, claiming that world-changing inventions like polymers, optical media and the Internet have all been reverse engineered from downed extraterrestrial spacecraft.

In actuality, very few modern conveniences can trace their roots back to ancient aliens; most mind-bending breakthroughs come from abstract corporate think-tanks like Microsoft Research. The lab that previously utilized a Kinect to create real-time 3D models has now developed an interactive, holographic 3D environment called Holodesk.

As is demonstrated in the (strangely silent) proof of concept video above, Holodesk uses a Kinect, projector and beam splitter to create interactive holograms. In a nutshell, the Kinect watches your hands and face, tracking their movements and projecting 3D shapes onto a semi-transparent surface above your hands, tricking the eye into thinking the shapes and your hand exist on the same plane. The interface is still fairly rough, graphically speaking, but the technology itself is so solid, we're hoping it'll eventually lead to a Kinect sequel toTime Traveler.


http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/22/holodesk-more-kinect-magic-from-microsoft-research/

ハリソン・フォードがアンチャーテッドのCMに登場

あのインディー・ジョーンズなどで知られるハリウッド俳優のハリソン・フォード氏がアンチャーテッドのCMに起用されています。アンチャーテッドはインディー・ジョーンズに多くのインスパイヤーを受けたゲームなだけに非常にミモノになっていると思います。

National treasure Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, your childhood) has popped up in an unlikely place: A Japanese television commercial for Uncharted 3.

Since nobody wants to play Sega with Harrison Ford, it's about time he had a go at something others do want to play. Since the 69-year-old is famous for playing Indiana Jones and since films are a source of inspiration for the treasure-huntingUncharted games, Ford is an obvious, though somewhat surprising choice. Surprising, because he actually agreed to appear in the campaign.

In the commercial, the camera focuses on Ford as he grimaces and plays. It looks like he's acting how he'd think someone games.

In the behind-the-scenes clips, Ford played through the game in an extended clip and said he was impressed how realistic the graphics were. In another clip, Ford appeared far more relaxed and natural—probably because he wasn't acting.

"I think it is very exciting," Ford said while making the commercial. "I have not seen a game anything like this."

The actor was dazzled by the game, noting how exciting it was. "There's so much more action in here than there is normally in a movie," Ford said. "It's so much more concentrated here."

The making-of footage, viewable only in Japan on the game's official site, is far more natural that what ended up in the commercial. Ford actually looked like he was getting into the game—once he finished gushing about how realistic it was.

"It's very much like being in the movie for me," said Ford. "Except in the movie, I always win. In the game, sometimes, I don't win."

This ad doesn't appear to be a one off thing. In the making-of clip, Ford is shown being filmed as he plays the PS Vita. No doubt, he will appear in the commercial for the upcoming VitaUncharted title.

A Japanese morning show, Mezamashi TV, did a feature on Ford's appearance this morning. Click through the gallery to see stills, as well as Ford writing "Great" or "Fantastic" in Japanese calligraphy.

Update: The commercial and making-of footage are now online. View them here.

http://kotaku.com/5851194/heres-harrison-ford-playing-uncharted/gallery/8

EVO2012がラスベガスに帰ってくる！

EVOに匹敵するゲームトーナメントは無いんじゃないでしょうか。昨年200万人以上がオンラインで視聴したEVOトーナメントが2012年には更に大きくなって帰ってくるそうです。EVO2012は来年の7月6日から8日に予定されています。会場はネバダのラスベガスにあるCaesar's Palace Hotel行われるとのことです。
ゲームタイトルは決まっていませんがストリートファイターX鉄拳かストリートファイター4アーケード版などが候補だそうです。

It only makes sense there'd be another EVO, right? Last year's tournament was watched byover two million people online, and 2012's main event tournament is looking to blow it up even bigger. EVO 2012 has been scheduled for July 6 through 8, and will once again take place at Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

No participating games have been revealed, though Street Fighter X Tekken and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 are likely candidates.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/17/punchageddon-evo-2012-comes-back-to-vegas-july-6-8-2012/

ギャラクタス、Marvel vs Capcom 3でプレーヤーキャラクターとして登場

長い間カプコンのボスキャラは倒すべき相手として存在しました。しかしながらUltimate Marvel vs Capcom 3では異なるようです。カプコンの戦略マネージャであるSeth Killian氏はニューヨークのコミコンでギャラクタスが操作可能であることを発表しました。


ギャラクタスは巨大なキャラクターとして知られていますが、今回は独自の縮小モードにて通常キャラクターのようなサイズで登場するようです。


Our long-time hate for Capcom's fighting game bosses knows no bounds, but we're not above playing as one of the overpowered baddies ourselves to destroy friends. It looks likeUltimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will allow us to do just that, with Capcom strategy manager Seth Killian today revealing during New York Comic Con that Galactus will become playable in the upcoming Ultimate version of MvC3.

Rather than becoming a player in the main roster, Galactus will apparently be getting "his own little mode" in UMvC3. We'll be sure to track down Killian for more details as soon as we can, but take that for what it's worth for now.


http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/15/galactus-revealed-as-playable-in-his-own-little-mode-for-ultim/

ニューヨークのコミコンでFinal Fantasy XIII 2 のトレーラー発表

アメリカでは来年までは発表されないかも知れないFinal Fantasy XIII 2 ですが、それは発表にふさわしい場所ではないということではありません。10月11日から14日の間に開催されましたニューヨーク・コミックコンベンション（通称コミコン）でFinal Fantasy XIII 2の予告編が公開されました。よく考えて作られた予告編かどうかはわかりませんが、映画的な映像は相変わらず迫力満点です。








Final Fantasy XIII 2 may not arrive in the US until early next year, but that doesn't mean you can't immerse yourself in its timey-wimey mythos ahead of time. Debuted at the ongoingNew York Comic Con, the above trailer and below screenshots offer a fairly in-depth, potentially spoilersy look at Square Enix's latest romp through Cocoon.

We're not sure if something can still be considered a "trailer" when it lasts longer than most Adult Swim cartoons, but an extraordinarily long cinematic experience should feel like a warm, tender hug to anyone interested in a Final Fantasy sequel-sequel.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/15/get-caught-in-ffxiii-2s-dark-embrace-via-nycc-trailer-and-scree/