As a special treat to the robot master fan art contest participants (and Mega Man fans!), I got in touch with the Mega Man 10 team in Japan and asked if they could also pick their favorites for the weekly Robot Master fan art contest. Due to the time difference and translation process, they have just started for the week of Blade Man. You can check out out the top ten (by popular vote) here and OUR favorite picks (Capcom US) here for Blade Man.

Mega Man 10 assistant producer Akiko Ito has prepared a special message for US fans (special thanks to our very own Gosei Mori for translating!):

Konichiwa! I am the assistant producer for Mega Man 10 from Capcom Japan and I knew that this boss design contest was being held on Capcom Unity and once it started I was shocked because everybody has been really motivated, unique, and talented and all you fans show a lot of love for Mega Man!

Every week I can’t wait to read jgonzo’s latest robot master fan art blog post (I actually assembled and played with Speedbrkr's and Drew's Sheep Man papercrafts). Jgonzo asked us to comment on the contest and I was really excited about it! Right after this idea was brought up, I talked to Tsuru-san (director MM10) and Takeshita-san (producer MM10) and we agreed to participate with our commentary.

So please allow us to join the Capcom Unity team in commenting on this contest! Please enjoy playing Mega Man 10!

Also, please don’t forget that on March 4th we started the international Mega Man 10 package art contest. This is a very interesting contest in which your package art could be assembled and become an actual game package for Mega Man 10. Please join this contest as well! For more details, visit jgonzo’s post.

From the bottom of my heart I send my love to all you fans and Mega Man.

So without further ado, I present Capcom Japan's picks! Hit the jump!

BossLogic has created some incredible work--the characters look more real than I've ever seen them before.  Check out his Deviantart page for more goodness. 

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Today we're officially announcing our brand new Lost Planet Capcom Unity Hub. This site is the place for ALL your Lost Planet news, from official news to fan contributions. You can stay up to date on all the latest news and everything else you want to know from blogs, tweets, trailers, screenshots, latest forums, and more on lostplanetcommunity.com. Sign in with your Capcom-Unity.com account and sync your Xbox 360 Gamertag or PlayStation Network ID to get all the latest in-game stats of you and your friends. Keep up-to-speed with all the latest in Lost Planet by signing up for exclusive community rewards. There's always new contests and prizing.

All your Lost Planet Extreme Condition and Lost Planet Colonies stats are there for you to look at and compare with your friends. Medals, Scores, Rankings, and more. With Lost Planet 2 landing on May 18th, we've got even bigger plans in store for what you'll be able to do on the Lost Planet Community Hub.

Go check it out! lostplanetcommunity.com

Today's Ace Attorney Tribute Contest category is VIDEOS. These are all the Ace Attorney fans that submitted videos as their entries and we have quite a diverse selection! You can vote on the poll by visiting this link.

Remember that you can still vote for previous categories: ART, CRAFTS, FOOD, and COSPLAY!

Unity favorite and Monster Hunter pro, Bastion, has been working on something to help you hunt! Help you how? By making a couple of amazing walkthrough videos for the Monster Hunter Tri demo. He gives a lot of great advice, pro-tips, and makes it easy to follow along for when you try it out at home. Watch him take down the Qurupeco above, and the Great Jaggi below. There's something for all hunters here, both new and old alike.

At last night's exclusive Fight Club in San Francisco, we finally officially revealed Hakan as the final new character in Super Street Fighter IV! We have brand new art, trailer, gameplay video, and screenshots for you all to enjoy after the break!

A newcomer to the Street Fighter universe, Hakan is an oil wrestler hailing from Turkey. Using lubricant to assist in battle, Hakan has some of the most insane moves and Ultra combos in the series.

The follow up to one of Metacritic’s highest-rated games of 2009, Super Street Fighter IV will hit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on April 27 with 10 new characters, new Ultra combos, new stages, the return of bonus rounds, beefed-up online modes (including the free Tournament Mode DLC after launch) all for a budget price of $39.99.

We just released a the first Behind the Scenes video for Lost Planet 2. The Producer, Takeuchi-san, and the Director, Oguro-san, talk about the story to the sequel to Lost Planet. The planet of EDN III has warmed up, making life a bit better for the humans living there. But with the tempature warming up, it's made the Akrid more hostile. On top of that, the factions of humans on the planet are in constant war over Thermal Energy. Watch the video for more Lost Planet action!

Keep in mind we have a couple of on going contests too.

Win a Copy of Lost Planet 2 and a plushie: Design a T-ENG Canister

Win a Salamander Plushie: Comment/Facebook/Twitter Contest (There's THREE plushies to be had! Help us finish the contest by sharing on Twitter, Facebook, or Commenting)

Unity is oiling up to slide downtown for a secret Street Fighter event in honor of GDC 2010. 

Although it's going down in an undisclosed location, we're going to try and stream out some of the action on our ustream channel starting around 6:30pm PST. 

They won't let us take direct feed of the action, but there should be some good shots of the room with a few famous Street Fighters and games-industry neer-do-wells cruising around, and I'll try to bust a few shoryuken FADC -> Ultra on the iphone.  Plus who knows what could "slip" on there--anything can happen live...

As previously reported, Bass will be available on April 5th as DLC for the Wii (200 Wii Points), Xbox Live Arcade on April 7th (160 MS points) and PlayStation Network on April 8th ($1.99)!

All three consoles will receive Bass in the same week!

Enjoy this brand new localized trailer for Bass!

I can tell you, playing as Bass requires a slight shift in strategy. Got any questions about playing as him in the game? Leave them in the comments and I'll answer them!

(magically detached hands not included)

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition is here! In celebration, we've got some uber limited Resident Evil 5 movie-style posters to give away! Not only that, but they are signed by RE5 director Yasuhiro Anpo, making them super duper uber limited.  How can you get one? Simple! Show us a copy of you with your copy of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (or show something in the same shot with your unity name) and you will be randomly chosen to win 1 of 10 signed posters! Be creative! Have fun!

No decapitations, please.

Please submit your photo by sending me a private message with the subject line: Show Us Your Gold Contest. Winners will be announced Friday!

In addition, if you can't show us your gold because you didn't buy a copy, you can win one by leaving a comment here explaining where Capcom got the gold to produce the shiny slip covers on RE5: Gold Edition! We'll randomly choose a winner and he/she will get either a 360 or PS3 copy of the game.

Have fun!

The Chill Man fan art entries were a really diverse mix of art styles and talent. So it was difficult to narrow down our favorites here at Capcom Unity, but we did! Be sure to check out all the entries here and here.

And don't forget to discuss your favorites here in the forums.

That's right son.  As the title of this post says, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners can pick up a copy of Dark Void for only $29.99 at their nearest retailer or favorite e-tailer.  Tap in to your inner Rocketeer and enjoy pure, unadulterated, jetpack action!

That's less than 9 gallons of Bay Area petroleum.  You don't need that gas this week, right? Go green. Buy Dark Void.  You can walk or take public transportation to your nearest GameStop, Best Buy or Target. It's environmentally responsible for you to pick up your copy right now.  Better yet, just order it online and save your energy.  Let the mail man hand you your copy of Dark Void.  It's his duty anyway and a noble one at that.

Dark Void on sale now.  $29.99.  Saves the ozone layer.